--- description: Tackling mental health globally, fighting back against online abuse and more. title: How We Can Boost Global Productivity 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 # How We Can Boost Global Productivity by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 14, 2016 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 14, 2016 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Globally, we could boost productivity by $400 billion. Here’s how.**](http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/861853 "undefined") By Nancy A. Melville in Medscape **2\.** [**Without adequate laws on the books, here’s how women are fighting back against online abuse.**](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/13/online-abuse-how-women-are-fighting-back "undefined") By Leigh Alexander in the Guardian **3\.** [**We can teach an artificial intelligence to win a game, but can we teach it to be ethical?**](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/can-artificial-intelligence-be-ethical-by-peter-singer-2016-04 "undefined") By Peter Singer in Project Syndicate **4\.** [**Our brains are trained to focus on bad news. But we can rewire them.**](http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/04/14/how-to-get-past-negativity-bias-and-hardwire-positive-experiences/ "undefined") By Katrina Schwartz at MindShift **5\.** [**Here’s a simple strategy to make ‘gifted’ school programs more diverse.**](http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/04/a-simple-way-to-get-more-minority-kids-into-gifted-programs.html "undefined") By Jesse Singal in the Science of Us  [_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/4293909/boost-global-productivity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4293909/boost-global-productivity/"},"headline":"How We Can Boost Global Productivity","datePublished":"2016-04-14T16:01:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:07.303Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4293909/boost-global-productivity/","keywords":["Innovation","Depression","Education","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/4293909/boost-global-productivity/","name":"How We Can Boost Global Productivity"}}]}] ```