--- description: Stopping Islamic State on social media, how the recession impacts marriage rates, selling the end of teen smoking, reforming China, & more. 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 25 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2014 4:10 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2014 4:10 PM CUT **1\.** [**Beyond bombs: To truly disable Islamic State, the U.S. must outmaneuver their effective use of social media.**](http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/09/24/beware-of-the-online-caliphate-is-wants-more-than-syria-and-iraq/ "undefined") By Rita Katz in Reuters **2\.** [**The Truth Campaign has pushed teen smoking to the brink of a welcome extinction and helped create a new breed of marketing.**](http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/9/teen-smoking-tobaccotruthadcampaign.html "undefined") By Malcolm Harris in Al Jazeera America **3\.** [**Xi Jinping has urged reform to China’s corrupt political system – and he should heed his own advice.**](http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21618780-most-powerful-and-popular-leader-china-has-had-decades-must-use-these-assets-wisely-xi "undefined") By the editorial staff of the Economist **4\.** [**A new program focuses on training people to recognize and manage their own biases instead of reprogramming those biases out of existence.**](http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/09/20/the-bias-fighters/lTZh1WyzG2sG5CmXoh8dRP/story.html "undefined") By Leon Neyfakh in the Boston Globe **5\.** [**Will marriage survive the recession? Economics and education are major factors in the declining marriage rate.**](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/09/24/more-americans-forgo-marriage-as-economic-difficulties-hit-home/ "undefined") By Neil Shah in the Wall Street Journal  [_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/3430298/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-25/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3430298/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-25/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: September 25","datePublished":"2014-09-25T16:10:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:40.469Z","description":"Stopping Islamic State on social media, how the recession impacts marriage rates, selling the end of teen smoking, reforming China, & more.","url":"https://time.com/3430298/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-25/","keywords":["Innovation","Social Media","Economy","Education","Marriage","Teenagers","Cigarettes","Obama","China","Xi Jinping","Terrorism","President","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/3430298/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-25/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: September 25"}}]}] ```