--- description: Cricket-based protein bars, diversity problems in our police forces, splitting the NFL’s commissioner job, uniting Libya 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 6 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 6, 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 6, 2014 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Diversity in recruitment – not residency restrictions – is the best way to build a police force that reflects the community where it works.**](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/reexamining-residency-requirements-for-police-officers/ "undefined") By Batya Ungar-Sargon and Andrew Flowers in FiveThirtyEight **2\.** [**To save Libya, western powers need to abandon the ‘war on terror’ framework and convince factions there to negotiate.**](http://www.ecfr.eu/blog/entry/why%5Ffighting%5Fthe%5Fwar%5Fon%5Fterror%5Fin%5Flibya%5Fis%5Fa%5Fmistake "undefined") By Mattia Toaldo in the European Council on Foreign Relations **3\.** [**Cricket protein requires 20% fewer resources than beef protein. Are bugs the next big thing?**](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-02/crickets-the-insect-food-of-the-future-is-finally-here "undefined") By Katie Van Syckle in Bloomberg Businessweek **4\.** [**China’s fluid definition of terrorism – often changing at the convenience of the country’s leaders – keeps the nation from being an effective partner against ISIS.**](http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/should-us-cooperate-china-terrorism "undefined") By Richard Bernstein, Ely Ratner, Jeffrey Payne, James Palmer, and Fu Hualing in ChinaFile **5\.** [**Modern pro sports commissioners are CEOs, not stewards of a public good. Split the commissioner job in two.**](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/bud-selig-effect.html "undefined") By Will Leitch in New York Magazine  [_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/3475174/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-6/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3475174/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-6/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 6","datePublished":"2014-10-06T16:01:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:32.770Z","description":"Cricket-based protein bars, diversity problems in our police forces, splitting the NFL’s commissioner job, uniting Libya and more.","url":"https://time.com/3475174/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-6/","keywords":["Innovation","police","China","NFL","Roger Goodell","Government","Terrorism","Libya","Diversity","Cops","Community","rebels","Cricket","beef","protein"],"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/3475174/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-6/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 6"}}]}] ```