--- --- # The NFL Is Heading Into an Information War With Itself by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jun 6, 2016 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jun 6, 2016 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**The NFL is heading into an information war with itself.**](https://theringer.com/nfl-information-war-data-advanced-stats-73b6eee2d39f#.c6tcufd7z) By Kevin Clark in the Ringer **2\.** [**The Army’s smart earplugs protect the hearing — and lives — of soldiers.**](http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/06/03/480173016/armys-smart-earplug-damps-explosive-noise-but-can-enhance-whispers) By Joe Palca at NPR **3\.** [**Does tenure actually work?**](http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/06/05/does-tenure-work/) By the American Interest **4\.** [**Made entirely from industrial waste, these bricks might change the future of building.**](http://www.fastcoexist.com/3060319/the-bricks-in-this-house-are-all-made-from-industrial-waste) By Adele Peters in Fast Co.Exist **5\.** [**Do we really need human weather forecasters?**](http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/06/with-iphones-and-computer-models-do-we-still-need-weather-forecasters/) By Eric Berger in Ars Technica  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ The NFL Is Heading Into an Information War With Itself ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4358263/the-nfl-is-heading-into-an-information-war-with-itself/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4358263/the-nfl-is-heading-into-an-information-war-with-itself/"},"headline":"The NFL Is Heading Into an Information War With Itself","datePublished":"2016-06-06T16:00:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:55.864Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4358263/the-nfl-is-heading-into-an-information-war-with-itself/","keywords":["Innovation","weather","Army","NFL","waste"],"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/4358263/the-nfl-is-heading-into-an-information-war-with-itself/","name":"The NFL Is Heading Into an Information War With Itself"}}]}] ```