--- --- # We Might Be Reaching the End of World Records by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 9, 2016 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 9, 2016 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Are we reaching the end of world records?**](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-reaching-the-end-of-world-records/) By Karl J. P. Smith in Scientific American **2\.** [**It’s time for more than just talk about the Latino vote.**](https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/latino-voters-tired-dating-ready-commitment/) By Arturo Vargas at the Aspen Institute **3\.** [**Why the White House needs a council of historians.**](http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/09/dont-know-much-about-history/492746) By Graham Allison and Niall Ferguson in the Atlantic **4\.** [**End unpaid internships.**](https://psmag.com/end-internships-d1f2fa004aec#.pdfjbceth) By Malcolm Harris in Pacific Standard **5\.** [**Brainstorming is a waste of time.**](http://www.fastcodesign.com/3062292/evidence/brainstorming-is-dumb) By Annie Sneed in Co.Design  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ We Might Be Reaching the End of World Records ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4444719/we-might-be-reaching-the-end-of-world-records/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4444719/we-might-be-reaching-the-end-of-world-records/"},"headline":"We Might Be Reaching the End of World Records","datePublished":"2016-08-09T16:00:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:36.791Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4444719/we-might-be-reaching-the-end-of-world-records/","keywords":["Innovation","productivity","Internship","latino","The White House"],"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/4444719/we-might-be-reaching-the-end-of-world-records/","name":"We Might Be Reaching the End of World Records"}}]}] ```