--- description: Better criminal justice reform, thinking small in international dev., net neutrality & healthcare, why youth are joining ISIS 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: November 24 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 24, 2014 6:44 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 24, 2014 6:44 PM CUT **1\.** [**A bipartisan plan in North Carolina shrunk prison population and cut costs while the crime rate continued to fall. Can it serve as a model for other states?**](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jrinncthreeyearslater.pdf "undefined") By the Justice Center at the Council of State Governments **2\.** [**In international development, the massively scaleable transformative idea is usually too good to be true.**](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120178/problem-international-development-and-plan-fix-it "undefined") By Michael Hobbes in the New Republic **3\.** [**Net Neutrality could have a big impact on the future of healthcare, from telemedicine to electronic medical records.**](http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141119/NEWS/311199950/heres-why-healthcare-should-be-talking-about-net-neutrality "undefined") By Darius Tahir in Modern Healthcare **4\.** [**Today’s renewable energy technologies won’t save us from climate change. We need new ideas.**](http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/what-it-would-really-take-to-reverse-climate-change "undefined") By Ross Koningstein & David Fork in IEEE Spectrum **5\.** [**We must understand and counter the major trends fueling the ranks of Islamic radicals.**](http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-ultimate-fatal-attraction-5-reasons-people-join-isis-11625 "undefined") By Maha Yahya in the National Interest  [_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/3602482/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-24/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3602482/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-24/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 24","datePublished":"2014-11-24T18:44:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:56.723Z","description":"Better criminal justice reform, thinking small in international dev., net neutrality & healthcare, why youth are joining ISIS and more.","url":"https://time.com/3602482/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-24/","keywords":["Innovation","Crime","climate change","Google","Education","Technology","Prisons","Infrastructure","Healthcare","ISIS","Net neutrality","North Carolina","development","Bono","International","hospital","state","Counterterrorism","incarceration"],"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/3602482/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-24/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 24"}}]}] ```