--- description: Face time vs. screen time for teens, fighting history book bias, how ISIS amasses power w/wheat, pulling out of hedge funds and 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: October 1 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 1, 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 Oct 1, 2014 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**More face time, less screen time: To survive adolescence, kids need to put down their phones and practice interacting with each other.**](http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/09/30/351521488/kids-and-screen-time-cutting-through-the-static "undefined") By Cory Turner at National Public Radio **2\.** [**History texts may perpetuate stereotypes and deepen ethnic divides. The History Project is fighting bias with facts.**](http://www.thehistory-project.org/ "undefined") By the creators of the History Project **3\.** [**“Controlling wheat brings power.” Islamic State has carefully targeted farms and mills to tighten their grip in Iraq.**](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/30/us-mideast-crisis-wheat-idUSKCN0HP12J20140930 "undefined") By Maggie Fick in Reuters **4\.** [**Because of innovative provisions in the $17 billion settlement facing Bank of America for its role in the housing crisis, families could get genuine much-needed relief.**](http://blog.metrotrends.org/2014/09/ten-17-billion-boa-settlement/ "undefined") By Ellen Seidman at the Urban Institute **5\.** [**The nation’s largest pension fund just pulled out of hedge funds, choosing transparency and accountability instead.**](http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/9/public-employee-pensionhedgefundscalifornia.html "undefined") By Dean Baker at Al Jazeera America  [_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/3452465/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-1/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3452465/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-1/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 1","datePublished":"2014-10-01T16:01:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:36.257Z","description":"Face time vs. screen time for teens, fighting history book bias, how ISIS amasses power w/wheat, pulling out of hedge funds and more.","url":"https://time.com/3452465/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-1/","keywords":["Innovation","Teenagers","Syria","Iraq","iPhone","ISIS","iPad","Bank of America","wheat","hedge funds","Housing Crisis","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/3452465/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-1/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 1"}}]}] ```