--- description: Hamas is battling for Palestinian hearts; that's why a truce is so elusive. Also, STEM education producing creative thinkers & more. title: These Are the Five Best Ideas of the Day image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Five Best Ideas of the Day: July 28 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2014 4:04 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2014 4:04 PM CUT **1\.** [**Hamas doesn’t want to beat Israel in the current battle of Gaza, they want to beat Fatah for the hearts of the Palestinian people.**](http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/4/107098/Opinion/Why-is-the-battle-of-Gaza-difficult-to-stop.aspx "undefined") By Hicham Mourad in Al-Ahram **2\.** [**The State Department is fighting a losing social media war with terrorists.**](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/07/the-state-departments-twitter-jihad-109234.html#.U9ZGl4BdVqv "undefined") By Jacob Silverman in Politico **3\.** [**We shouldn’t need a guide: When to use ethnic slurs.**](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/rules-of-engagement-for-ethnic-slurs/374769/ "undefined") By Eric Liu in the Atlantic **4\.** [**Beyond producing more scientists, STEM education gives us creative problem-solvers who thrive in business and leadership.**](http://qz.com/240820/if-you-want-to-be-rich-and-powerful-majoring-in-stem-is-a-good-place-to-start/ "undefined") By Jonathan Wei in Quartz **5\.** [**Giving while living: Americans should engage in philanthropy when they’re young.**](http://philanthropy.com/article/Give-Millions-While-You-re/147775/ "undefined") By Christopher Oechsli in the Chronicle of Philanthropy  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3045881/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-28/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3045881/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-28/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: July 28","datePublished":"2014-07-28T16:04:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:43:07.836Z","description":"Hamas is battling for Palestinian hearts; that's why a truce is so elusive. Also, STEM education producing creative thinkers & more.","url":"https://time.com/3045881/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-28/","keywords":["Innovation","Israel","twitter","Terrorism","Hamas","Gaza","philanthropy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3045881/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-july-28/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: July 28"}}]}] ```