--- description: A strategy for unconventional warfare, paying for organ donations, ripples from Ukraine, wildlife under powerlines and startups in DC. 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 24 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 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 24, 2014 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Iran’s insidious control of Hezbollah and Russia’s operations inside Ukraine call for a new U.S. strategy to counter unconventional warfare.**](http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2014/10/why-us-needs-strategy-counter-hybrid-warfare/97259/ "undefined") By Robert A. Newson in Defense One **2\.** [**Criminalizing organ donor compensation endangers lives and fuels an unregulated black market.**](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119963/us-organ-transplant-law-needs-reform-let-donors-get-reimbursed "undefined") By Sigrid Fry-Revere and David Donadio in the New Republic **3\.** [**Utility rights-of-way — think power lines and pipelines — can become flourishing wildlife habitats.**](http://e360.yale.edu/feature/electric%5Fpower%5Frights%5Fof%5Fway%5Fa%5Fnew%5Ffrontier%5Ffor%5Fconservation/2816/ "undefined") By Richard Conniff in Yale Environment 360 **4\.** [**A unique combination of government support and a strong entrepreneur culture has made D.C. a hub for startups.**](http://1776dc.com/news/2014/10/16/how-startup-government-collaboration-changed-the-course-of-d-c/ "undefined") By Dena Levitz in 1776 DC **5\.** [**For the nations of the South Caucasus, the fate of Ukraine means choosing between Russia and the west comes at a high price.**](http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=57015 "undefined") By Maxim Suchkov in Carnegie Moscow Center Eurasia Outlook  [_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/3536714/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-24/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3536714/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-24/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 24","datePublished":"2014-10-24T16:01:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:17.524Z","description":"A strategy for unconventional warfare, paying for organ donations, ripples from Ukraine, wildlife under powerlines and startups in DC.","url":"https://time.com/3536714/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-24/","keywords":["Innovation","Ukraine","russia","Army","Iran","georgia","Startups","Uber","dc","hezbollah"],"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/3536714/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-october-24/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 24"}}]}] ```