--- description: Why Hollywood is less diverse than its audience, suicide prevention on Facebook, crowd-mapping the human biome, 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 27 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 27, 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 27, 2015 5:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Hollywood is less diverse than its audiences — and it might be hurting the bottom line.**](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/diverse-casts-deliver-higher-ratings-777428 "undefined") By Austin Siegemund-Broka in the Hollywood Reporter **2\.** [**Facebook’s new suicide prevention tools finally get it right.**](http://gizmodo.com/facebooks-new-suicide-prevention-tools-finally-get-it-r-1688214621 "undefined") By Ashley Feinberg in Gizmodo **3\.** [**How will we understand the power of the bacteria in our bodies? Meet the crowdsourced American Gut project.**](http://americangut.org/?page%5Fid=7 "undefined") By American Gut **4\.** [**The road to artificial intelligence begins with computers mastering video games like a human being in the 80s.**](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31623427 "undefined") By Rebecca Morelle at BBC News **5\.** [**Salting roads and plowing snow is inefficient and costly. A smart algorithm can save cities millions.**](http://www.wired.com/2015/02/mathematics-behind-getting-damned-snow-street/ "undefined") By Marcus Woo in Wired  [_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/3726107/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-27/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3726107/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-27/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 27","datePublished":"2015-02-27T17:01:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-09T08:20:06.099Z","description":"Why Hollywood is less diverse than its audience, suicide prevention on Facebook, crowd-mapping the human biome, and more.","url":"https://time.com/3726107/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-27/","keywords":["Innovation","Suicide","Video Games","movies","facebook","snow","Hollywood","Computers","Diversity","Bacteria","AI"],"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/3726107/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-27/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 27"}}]}] ```