--- description: How dependence on technology might diminish resilience, how stock buybacks hurt the economy, the naval weapons of the future 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: February 10 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 10, 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 Feb 10, 2015 5:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Is the technology that is supposed to increase resilience actually making us vulnerable?**](http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/is-technology-making-us-vulnerable/ "undefined") By Colin Dickey in Aeon **2\.** [**Stock buybacks — usually to prop up a corporation’s perceived value on Wall Street — are draining trillions from the U.S. economy.**](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/02/kill-stock-buyback-to-save-the-american-economy/385259/ "undefined") By Nick Hanauer in the Atlantic **3\.** [**The Navy of the future wants to use lasers and superfast electromagnetic railguns instead of shells and gunpowder.**](http://www.networkworld.com/article/2880535/security0/more-railguns-and-lasers-less-gunpowder-the-navy-s-future-high-tech-weaponry.html#googleplus "undefined") By Michael Cooney in Network World **4\.** [**An after-school culinary skills program gets teens ready for work — and thinking about food in our society.**](http://civileats.com/2015/02/04/cooking-up-skills-the-portland-kitchen-gets-teens-job-ready/ "undefined") By Emily Liedel in Civil Eats **5\.** [**The next wave of bike lanes in London could be underground.**](http://www.fastcoexist.com/3041967/londons-newest-bike-lanes-could-be-underground-in-abandoned-tube-tunnels "undefined") By Ben Schiller in Fast Co.Exist  [_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/3702790/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-10/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3702790/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-10/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 10","datePublished":"2015-02-10T17:01:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:44.607Z","description":"How dependence on technology might diminish resilience, how stock buybacks hurt the economy, the naval weapons of the future and more.","url":"https://time.com/3702790/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-10/","keywords":["Innovation","Transportation","Navy","School","Teenagers","Technology","stocks","wall street","value","Cooking","Students","resilience","Corporations"],"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/3702790/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-10/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 10"}}]}] ```