--- title: Exploring the Upside of Distress description: Embracing distress, where to restart nuclear arms control, harvesting "liquid sunlight" and more. canonical: https://time.com/4361216/exploring-the-upside-of-distress/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-08T16:00:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:55.526Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Exploring the Upside of Distress og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4361216/exploring-the-upside-of-distress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Exploring the Upside of Distress twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Exploring the Upside of Distress by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jun 8, 2016 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jun 8, 2016 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Can experiencing — and surviving — distress be good for us?**](http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/sometimes-embracing-emotional-distress-is-the-best-medicine/) By Joanna Cheek in Scientific American **2\.** [**We should revive nuclear arms control. Here’s where to start.**](http://warontherocks.com/2016/06/revive-arms-control-and-start-with-nuclear-armed-cruise-missiles/) By Sico van der Meer and Christine Parthemore in War on the Rocks **3\.** [**Solar electricity is working. “Liquid sunlight” — solar fuel to power jets and heavy industry — is next.**](http://www.vox.com/2016/6/7/11865424/solar-fuels) By David Roberts in Vox **4\.** [**Finally, a good use for virtual reality: Car showrooms.**](http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/cadillac-to-add-virtual-reality-showrooms-to-dealerships/) By Andrew Hard in Digital Trends **5\.** [**Here’s how to stop 13 million tons of clothing from getting trashed every year.**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/how-to-stop-13-million-tons-of-clothing-from-getting-trashed-every-year/) By Gretchen Frazee in PBS Newshour  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4361216/exploring-the-upside-of-distress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4361216/exploring-the-upside-of-distress/"},"headline":"Exploring the Upside of Distress","datePublished":"2016-06-08T16:00:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:55.526Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4361216/exploring-the-upside-of-distress/","keywords":["Innovation","Therapy","Solar Power","Virtual Reality","recycling"],"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/4361216/exploring-the-upside-of-distress/","name":"Exploring the Upside of Distress"}}]}] ```