Isaacson Advocates For Stem And Humanities Collaboration

Walter Isaacson spoke about innovation and the future of technology as a part of the WORLDWISE: Arts & Humanities Dean's Lecture Series.

by Eric Sumner, The Diamondback

Fusing technology with the humanities is vital to succeeding in the digital era, Aspen Institute CEO and President Walter Isaacson said last night to a nearly full Gildenhorn Recital Hall.

“It’s all about connecting something that makes our heart sing with technology,” Isaacson said. “Very few people can see beauty in both poetry and algorithms. That will be the future.”

Isaacson, in between discussing his newest book, spoke about Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs and Benjamin Franklin as he passionately made his case for creativity in the digital world during the college’s Worldwise Arts and Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series. After the speech, he held a book signing for The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution.

Bonnie Thornton Dill, dean of the arts and humanities college, introduced Isaacson — former chairman and CEO of CNN and former editor of Time — as a “genius expert.” Isaacson wrote biographies of Jobs, Franklin, Einstein and Henry Kissinger.

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