--- description: How to sleep, technology can improve mental health care in prisons and more. title: How To Sleep 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 To Sleep by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2016 5:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2016 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**How to sleep.**](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/how-to-sleep/508781/ "undefined") By James Hamblin in the Atlantic **2\.** [**Technology can improve mental health care in prisons — if we use it.**](https://www.fastcompany.com/3066524/how-technology-could-improve-mental-health-in-prisons-but-so-far-isnt "undefined") By Arshya Vahabzadeh in Fast Company **3\.** [**Could allergies become a thing of the past?**](http://theweek.com/articles/666072/groundbreaking-new-research-that-could-eliminate-allergies-good "undefined") By Meghana Keshavan in the Week **4\.** [**Here’s some bipartisan foreign policy advice for the next administration.**](http://democracyjournal.org/arguments/a-bipartisan-foreign-policy-for-the-trump-presidency/ "undefined") By Sen. Chris Coons in Democracy **5\.** [**Ghana’s recent election proves democracy can work.**](http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21711641-west-african-countrys-democracy-far-perfect-it-still "undefined") By the Economist  [_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/4602030/how-to-sleep/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4602030/how-to-sleep/"},"headline":"How To Sleep","datePublished":"2016-12-14T17:00:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:14.223Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4602030/how-to-sleep/","keywords":["Innovation","Mental Health","Foreign Policy","Sleep","democracy","allergies"],"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/4602030/how-to-sleep/","name":"How To Sleep"}}]}] ```