--- title: Diamonds Might Not Be Forever description: Diamonds might not be forever, here’s a plan to work around the Electoral College without amending the Constitution and more. canonical: https://time.com/4560636/diamonds-might-not-be-forever/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-07T17:00:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:21.545Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Diamonds Might Not Be Forever og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4560636/diamonds-might-not-be-forever/ 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: Diamonds Might Not Be Forever twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Diamonds Might Not Be Forever by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 7, 2016 5:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 7, 2016 5:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Diamonds might not be forever.**](http://www.wsj.com/articles/de-beers-tries-to-counter-a-growing-threat-man-made-diamonds-1478434763) By Scott Patterson and Alex MacDonald in the Wall Street Journal **2\.** [**Here’s a plan to work around the Electoral College without amending the Constitution.**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/proposal-calls-popular-vote-determine-winner/) By Hari Sreenivasan at PBS Newshour **3\.** [**Do we really need to give candidates intelligence briefings during the campaign?**](https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/11/04/from-now-on-lets-hold-the-intelligence-briefings-until-after-the-election/) By Stephen Slick in Foreign Policy **4\.** [**These bionic bomb-sniffing plants could protect people from terrorism.**](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37823909) By Paul Rincon at the BBC **5\.** [**Americans aren’t becoming isolationist. They just want us to know more before we jump in.**](http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2016/11/americans-are-smart-engagement/132910/) By Daniel R. DePetris in Defense One  [_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/4560636/diamonds-might-not-be-forever/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4560636/diamonds-might-not-be-forever/"},"headline":"Diamonds Might Not Be Forever","datePublished":"2016-11-07T17:00:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:21.545Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4560636/diamonds-might-not-be-forever/","keywords":["Innovation","Military","elections","Terrorism","diamonds","electoral college"],"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/4560636/diamonds-might-not-be-forever/","name":"Diamonds Might Not Be Forever"}}]}] ```