--- --- # Instead of Repairing Flint's Water System, Replace It by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Feb 12, 2016 5:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Feb 12, 2016 5:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**Instead of repairing Flint’s water system, why not replace it?**](http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2016/02/flint-water-crisis-infrastructure-costs-fix/461904/) By Laura Bliss at CityLab **2\.** [**Here’s how scientists tracked down a billion-year-old cosmic collision and proved Einstein’s space-time prediction.**](http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/gravitational-waves-exist-heres-how-scientists-finally-found-them) By Nicola Twilley in the New Yorker **3\.** [**We’re facing a physician shortage. Here’s how to get qualified people off the sidelines.**](https://theconversation.com/facing-a-physician-shortage-can-we-leave-medical-school-grads-on-the-sidelines-54230) By Richard Gunderman in the Conversation **4\.** [**How can schools teach kids about structural racism?**](http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2016/0211/Should-schools-teach-students-about-structural-racism) By Cathaleen Chen in the Christian Science Monitor **5\.** [**The rich nations of the world should brace for a demographic disaster in 2040.**](http://qz.com/588072/the-demographic-problem-you-really-need-to-worry-about/) By Allison Schrager in Quartz  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Instead of Repairing Flint's Water System, Replace It ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4219121/flint-michigan-water-system-replace/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4219121/flint-michigan-water-system-replace/"},"headline":"Instead of Repairing Flint's Water System, Replace It","datePublished":"2016-02-12T17:01:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:25.240Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4219121/flint-michigan-water-system-replace/","keywords":["Innovation","Racism","doctors","Flint"],"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/4219121/flint-michigan-water-system-replace/","name":"Instead of Repairing Flint's Water System, Replace It"}}]}] ```