--- description: A post-war plan for the Levant, informed consent for Facebook experiments, paying electeds better, foreign direct investment 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: March 25 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 25, 2015 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 25, 2015 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**ISIS can be beaten. But we need to think and plan now for what happens after that.**](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-battle-against-islamic-state-must-include-a-postwar-plan/article23590866/ "undefined") By Robert Joustra in the Globe and Mail **2\.** [**Facebook is still experimenting on you. It’s time to bring back informed consent.**](http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/psychologylse/2015/03/19/the-importance-of-informed-consent-in-social-media-research/ "undefined") 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.**](http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/renee-bowen-how-voters-can-beat-special-interest-groups "undefined") By Ian Chipman at Stanford Graduate School of Business **4\.** [**How can we spur innovation in U.S. advanced industries? Think beyond our borders.**](http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2015/03/23-foreign-direct-investment-advanced-industries-fikri-saha "undefined") 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.**](http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-02/05/drones-for-good "undefined") By Emiko Jozuka in Wired.co.uk  [_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/3757984/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-march-25/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3757984/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-march-25/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 25","datePublished":"2015-03-25T16:01:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:52.954Z","description":"A post-war plan for the Levant, informed consent for Facebook experiments, paying electeds better, foreign direct investment and more.","url":"https://time.com/3757984/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-march-25/","keywords":["Innovation","Psychology","carbon","facebook","ISIS","Drones","salary"],"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/3757984/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-march-25/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 25"}}]}] ```