--- title: Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 28 description: The problem of Boko Haram, 'creative entrepreneurs' replacing artists, the end of traditional warfare, better weather forecasts and more. canonical: https://time.com/3685806/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-28/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-28T17:01:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:05:59.480Z article:section: Ideas og:title: These Are Today's Best Ideas og:description: The problem of Boko Haram, 'creative entrepreneurs' replacing artists, the end of traditional warfare, better weather forecasts and more og:url: https://time.com/3685806/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-28/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are Today's Best Ideas twitter:description: The problem of Boko Haram, 'creative entrepreneurs' replacing artists, the end of traditional warfare, better weather forecasts and more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 28 > Sponsored content. 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A paid TIME subscription is separate and available at time.com/subscribe-agent. by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 28, 2015 5:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 28, 2015 5:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**As pressure builds for U.S. military attention to Boko Haram in Nigeria, that nation’s political situation and past abuses complicate planning.**](http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2015/01/africom-commander-wants-full-counterinsurgency-plan-boko-haram/103929/) By Kevin Baron and Molly O’Toole at Defense One **2\.** [**What was once an “artist” is now a “creative entrepreneur.” Marketing and networking have forever changed art.**](http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/the-death-of-the-artist-and-the-birth-of-the-creative-entrepreneur/383497/) By William Deresiewicz in the Atlantic **3\.** [**Does the rising danger of digital attacks mean traditional warfare is irrelevant?**](http://warontherocks.com/2015/01/the-irrelevance-of-traditional-warfare/?singlepage=1) By David Barno and Nora Bensahel in War on the Rocks **4\.** [**Probability forecasts would take some getting used to, but they are a better way to tell the public about major weather events.**](http://time.com/3685286/heres-the-one-simple-way-to-fix-weather-forecasts/) By Graham T. Beck in Time **5\.** [**Improving the ‘cold chain’ — how food stays fresh from farm to table — could massively reduce waste and carbon emissions.**](http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-01-23/improving-cold-chain-could-help-reduce-global-hunger-and-lessen-effects-climate) By Adam Wernick at Public Radio International  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3685806/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-28/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3685806/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-28/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 28","datePublished":"2015-01-28T17:01:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:59.480Z","description":"The problem of Boko Haram, 'creative entrepreneurs' replacing artists, the end of traditional warfare, better weather forecasts and more.","url":"https://time.com/3685806/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-28/","keywords":["Innovation","weather","North Korea","marketing","Farming","development","Artists","Nigeria","Networking","Boko Haram","U.S. military"],"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/3685806/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-january-28/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 28"}}]}] ```