--- description: Clean energy can create global wealth, rising antibiotic resistance, what China gains fighting IS, and Walter Isaacson on the “living book.” title: These Are Today's Best Ideas 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: September 22 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 22, 2014 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 22, 2014 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**A global transformation from a carbon-based economy to a cleaner, more sustainable energy future will create jobs and add wealth.**](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/christiana-figueres-and-guy-ryder-emphasize-the-job-creating-potential-of-action-to-mitigate-climate-change "undefined") By Christiana Figueres and Guy Ryder in Project Syndicate **2\.** [**Antibiotic resistance causes 23,000 deaths and two million illnesses every year. Concerted government action is necessary to fight the crisis.**](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-challenge-of-fighting-antibiotic-resistant-superbugs/2014/09/20/967d5398-3f7b-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f%5Fstory.html "undefined") By the Editorial Board of the Washington Post **3\.** [**China can improve its global standing and U.S. relations by joining the fight against Islamic State.**](http://thediplomat.com/2014/09/china-should-send-troops-to-fight-isis/ "undefined") By Dingding Chen in the Diplomat **4\.** [**The economic future of manufacturing is to be an incubator of innovation: “where new ideas become new products.”**](http://www.technologyreview.com/news/530686/making-innovation/ "undefined") By Nanette Byrnes in MIT Technology Review **5\.** [**In the future, a book could be a living thing.**](http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/64061-a-book-could-be-a-living-thing-walter-isaacson.html "undefined") By Wendy Smith in Publisher’s Weekly  [_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/3418477/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-22/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3418477/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-22/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: September 22","datePublished":"2014-09-22T16:01:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:43:03.348Z","description":"Clean energy can create global wealth, rising antibiotic resistance, what China gains fighting IS, and Walter Isaacson on the “living book.”","url":"https://time.com/3418477/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-22/","keywords":["Innovation","medicine","Jobs","Economy","climate change","China","Government","UN","us","Manufacturing","Islamic State"],"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/3418477/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-22/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: September 22"}}]}] ```