--- description: Changing consent in our culture, prepping for post-Ebola recovery, sensory awareness in military vehicles, satellite spies, & Kim Jong Un. title: The 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 13 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 13, 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 13, 2014 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Women can’t thrive in a society where anything other than “no” means “maybe.” Consent laws are an important step, but we need a change in culture.**](http://www.vox.com/2014/10/10/6952227/rape-culture-is-a-tax-on-women-CA-yes-means-yes-dierks-katz "undefined") By Amanda Taub in Vox **2\.** [**Jokes aside, the palace intrigue behind Kim Jong Un’s mysterious absence could contain valuable intelligence.**](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/10/kim-jong-un-dead-or-alive.html "undefined") By Gordon G. Chang in the Daily Beast **3\.** [**As we fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, global donor organizations should build a recovery plan for the aftermath.**](http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2014/1009/Prepare-for-post-Ebola-recovery-in-Africa "undefined") By the editorial board of the Christian Science Monitor **4\.** [**That self-parking feature on your new car might help military vehicles avoid enemy fire.**](http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141008-armoured-cars-that-avoid-enemies "undefined") By Jack Stewart at the BBC **5\.** [**The next wave of satellite imaging will redefine public space.**](http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26348-nowhere-to-hide-the-danger-of-satellite-spies.html "undefined") By the editors of New Scientist  [_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/3502070/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-13/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3502070/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-13/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 13","datePublished":"2014-10-13T16:01:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:26.916Z","description":"Changing consent in our culture, prepping for post-Ebola recovery, sensory awareness in military vehicles, satellite spies, & Kim Jong Un.","url":"https://time.com/3502070/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-13/","keywords":["Innovation","California","Military","North Korea","Space","Kim Jong Un","Recovery","Data topic","Sexual Violence","ebola","West Africa","satellites","spies","DARPA"],"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/3502070/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-13/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 13"}}]}] ```