Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 25

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1. ISIS can be beaten. But we need to think and plan now for what happens after that.

By Robert Joustra in the Globe and Mail

2. Facebook is still experimenting on you. It’s time to bring back informed consent.

By Ilka H. Gleibs in Psychology@LSE

3. What happens when we pay elected officials better? They start caring about voters more than special interests.

By Ian Chipman at Stanford Graduate School of Business

4. How can we spur innovation in U.S. advanced industries? Think beyond our borders.

By Kenan Fikri and Devashree Saha at the Brookings Institution

5. To cheaply reduce carbon in the atmosphere, we can reforest the planet — using data and drones.

By Emiko Jozuka in Wired.co.uk

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