What We Are

The Greater Good Initiative brings together technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, executives, journalists, creative and performing arts and government officials from across the country to discuss how technological change is affecting government, society and the economy in an annual conference at Columbia University and in grassroots discussions at universities and public libraries across the country.  In three short years, it has grown into a nationwide conversation involving some of the country’s (and, in fact, the world’s) leading thinkers about how to make a positive difference in the 21st Century. 

Why We're Different

Countless speakers have noted that, while they attend many conferences with similar experts and practitioners in their fields, at the GGG they have gotten to meet and interact with a range of individuals they never would have otherwise: scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists, high-level government officials, leading activists. 

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Why We're Gathering to Ponder "The Artificial Future"

The Greater Good Initiative was founded to address the cutting-edge challenges to government and society in the world today, driven largely by technological change.  Perhaps no advance in technology has been more heralded in the last year or two – with seemingly more potential effect on every aspect of human life – than Artificial Intelligence.  AI will reshape the economy, international relations and conflicts, individual identity and privacy, and everything in between.  It will have profound effects on how society organizes and governs itself, and how individuals can and must work to advance the Greater Good in the 21st Century.

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