--- title: Five Best: You’re Not Too Old To Learn Something New description: You’re not too old to learn something new, should law enforcement treat gangs like terrorist organizations and more. canonical: https://time.com/4766822/youre-not-too-old-to-learn-something-new/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-04T16:00:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:52.914Z article:section: Ideas og:title: You’re Not Too Old To Learn Something New og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4766822/youre-not-too-old-to-learn-something-new/ 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: You’re Not Too Old To Learn Something New twitter:description: And four more of today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # You’re Not Too Old To Learn Something New by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute May 4, 2017 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute May 4, 2017 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**No, you’re not too old to learn something new.**](https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/45473) By Mojgan Sherkat at _University of California, Riverside_ **2\.** [**Should law enforcement treat gangs like terrorist organizations?**](https://warontherocks.com/2017/04/tackling-the-ms-13-problem-a-new-designation-for-a-hybrid-threat/) By Frank J. Cilluffo and Sharon L. Cardash in _War on the Rocks_ **3\.** [**Take a chilling look at how the next world war starts.**](http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/trump-russia-putin-military-crisis/) By David Wood at _Highline_ **4\.** [**This city is turning methane from solid waste into power — and making millions in new revenue.**](http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/04/portland%5Fplans%5Fto%5Fturn%5Fpoop%5Fin.html) By Jessica Floum in the _Oregonian_ **5\.** [**If we want corporate boards to help avoid scandals, we should change how they’re paid.**](https://hbr.org/2017/05/board-directors-should-be-paid-only-in-equity) By Sanjai Bhagat in _Harvard Business Review_  [_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/4766822/youre-not-too-old-to-learn-something-new/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4766822/youre-not-too-old-to-learn-something-new/"},"headline":"You’re Not Too Old To Learn Something New","datePublished":"2017-05-04T16:00:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:52.914Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4766822/youre-not-too-old-to-learn-something-new/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","Education","war","Law Enforcement","Power","Business"],"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/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4766822/youre-not-too-old-to-learn-something-new/","name":"You’re Not Too Old To Learn Something New"}}]}] ```