--- description: Free speech and France's tragedy, the return of thrift as an American value, regulating when Uber becomes the dominant car service 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: January 7 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2015 5:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2015 5:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**In the wake of today’s terror attack on a French satire magazine, the words of its editor, who died in the attack, are worth recalling: “I am not going to hide.”**](http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/charlie-hebdo-editor-in-chief-on-muhammad-cartoons-a-856891.html "undefined") By Stefan Simons in Spiegel **2\.** [**Thrift — not merely saving money but keeping poverty and debt at bay — is an American value worth revisiting.**](http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/2014/12/29/return-thrift-help-many/20990601/ "undefined") By Andrew L. Yarrow in the Montgomery Advertiser **3\.** [**The poorer parents are, the less likely they are to talk to their kids, which spurs language development. New programs are cropping up to change that.**](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/12/talking-cure?utm%5Fsource=nextdraft "undefined") By Margaret Talbot in the New Yorker **4\.** [**Once Uber overwhelms taxis and becomes the dominant car service, regulation is inevitable.**](http://www.slate.com/articles/news%5Fand%5Fpolitics/view%5Ffrom%5Fchicago/2015/01/uber%5Fsurge%5Fpricing%5Ffederal%5Fregulation%5Fover%5Ftaxis%5Fand%5Fcar%5Fride%5Fservices.single.html "undefined") By Eric Posner in Slate **5\.** [**A program inviting Kyoto taxi drivers to loiter outside convenience stores at night has reduced robberies by almost half.**](http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/01/02/kyoto-taxi-drivers-reduce-convenience-store-robberies-50-percent-by-doing-absolutely-nothing/ "undefined") By Steven Le Blanc and Masami M. in RocketNews24  [_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/3657626/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-7/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3657626/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-7/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 7","datePublished":"2015-01-07T17:01:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:23.038Z","description":"Free speech and France's tragedy, the return of thrift as an American value, regulating when Uber becomes the dominant car service and more.","url":"https://time.com/3657626/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-7/","keywords":["Innovation","France","Crime","Education","poverty","Terrorism","Savings","reading","Speech","Uber","learning","taxis","Rhode Island","Charlie Hebdo"],"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/3657626/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-7/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 7"}}]}] ```