--- description: Workplace diversity boosts the bottom line, making journalism with communities rather than for them, the danger of AI-paranoia 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 22 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 22, 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 22, 2015 5:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Want to improve your bottom line? Diversify your workplace.**](http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2015/01/20/new-report-finds-a-diversity-dividend-at-work/ "undefined") By Joann S. Lublin in the Wall Street Journal **2\.** [**Journalism shouldn’t be a transaction for communities. A local news lab can make it transformational.**](https://medium.com/the-local-news-lab/building-journalism-with-community-not-for-it-5c319992aebf "undefined") By Josh Stearns in Medium **3\.** [**The spike of hysteria about artificial intelligence could threaten valuable research.**](http://www.popsci.com/open-letter-everyone-tricked-fearing-ai "undefined") By Erik Sofge in Popular Science **4\.** [**A new vision for securing work and protecting jobs can ensure stability in the face of rising automation.**](https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/01/how-can-we-create-decent-jobs-in-the-digital-age/ "undefined") By Guy Ryder at the World Economic Forum **5\.** [**Purchasing carbon offsets is easy. With carbon ‘insetting,’ a business folds sustainable decisions into the supply chain.**](http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jan/09/carbon-offsetting-insetting-supply-chain "undefined") By Tim Smedley in the Guardian  [_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/3678308/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-22/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3678308/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-22/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 22","datePublished":"2015-01-22T17:01:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-09T08:19:56.353Z","description":"Workplace diversity boosts the bottom line, making journalism with communities rather than for them, the danger of AI-paranoia and more.","url":"https://time.com/3678308/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-22/","keywords":["Innovation","Jobs","Labor","gender","carbon","Fear","Race","Stephen Hawking","robots","Diversity","Journalism","Elon Musk","Community","Profits","automation","AI","Sustainability"],"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/3678308/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-22/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 22"}}]}] ```