--- description: How propaganda clouds our judgement about fighting ISIS, remaking medical school, how women-owned businesses lift the economy, 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 23 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 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 23, 2015 5:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**The propaganda war against ISIS doesn’t tell us anything about the real fight.**](http://theweek.com/articles/539804/america-falling-right-into-isiss-trap "undefined") By Paul Waldman in the Week **2\.** [**Programs supporting women-owned small businesses will boost the economy.**](http://asbcouncil.org/blog/boosting-women-owned-businesses-will-boost-economy#.VOdgFVPF%5FYN "undefined") By Claudia Viek at the American Sustainable Business Council **3\.** [**System-wide disruption — including a new medical school admissions test — is remaking medical education.**](http://www.wsj.com/articles/innovation-is-sweeping-through-u-s-medical-schools-1424145650 "undefined") By Melinda Beck in Wall Street Journal **4\.** [**Prison reform could unleash resourcefulness and hustle currently behind bars. The tech sector should get on board.**](http://www.fastcompany.com/3041416/one-more-thing/we-need-more-shakas "undefined") By Baratunde Thurston in Fast Company **5\.** [**The first power plant powered by ocean waves is officially online.**](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-first-wave-power-plant-is-officially-operational "undefined") By Kaleigh Rogers in Motherboard from Vice  [_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/3718822/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-23/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3718822/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-23/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 23","datePublished":"2015-02-23T17:01:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:27.559Z","description":"How propaganda clouds our judgement about fighting ISIS, remaking medical school, how women-owned businesses lift the economy, and more.","url":"https://time.com/3718822/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-23/","keywords":["Innovation","women","Congress","Small Business","Technology","ISIS","Silicon Valley","propaganda","Islamic State"],"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/3718822/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-23/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 23"}}]}] ```