Samuel Kimbriel
Director, Philosophy and Society Initiative, The Aspen Institute
Samuel Kimbriel is the founding director of the Aspen Institute’s Philosophy and Society Initiative. He is the author of “Friendship as Sacred Knowing: Overcoming Isolation” and editor at large for Wisdom of Crowds. Kimbriel writes about solidarity, ideology, democracy, power and trust for outlets including The Washington Post and BBC.
Previously
You protect what you love, it is said, but the reality is that many people do not have the privilege of a direct connection to the natural world. The very concept of “nature”...
Philosophical and religious teachings regarding wealth can feel both archaic and strangely relevant to our age of economic upheaval. How can we reconcile these ideas about wea...
We don’t always know how to express it, but many of us feel it: There’s something wrong with America today. The mood is tense. More Americans say they won’t have children beca...
Modern theories about what makes life meaningful can feel incomplete. How can we enrich these conceptions with ancient wisdom and knowledge traditions in a way that provides c...