--- description: We need a Netflix of education, birth order really matters and more. title: We Need a Netflix of Education 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 * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # We Need a Netflix of Education by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 12, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 12, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**In the knowledge economy, we need a Netflix of education.**](https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/04/in-the-knowledge-economy-we-need-a-netflix-of-education/ "undefined") By Rob Harles and Karl Mehta in _TechCrunch_ **2\.** [**Yes, birth order really matters — and being born first is best.**](http://www.npr.org/2017/07/04/535470953/research-shows-birth-order-really-does-matter "undefined") By Shankar Vedantam at _NPR_ **3\.** [**This self-sanitizing paper could be the first line of defense in future deadly outbreaks.**](http://news.rutgers.edu/research-news/zapping-bacteria-sanitizers-made-paper/20170501#.WVz1roWcGic "undefined") By Todd B. Bates at _Rutgers Today_ **4\.** [**We can create a caring economy.**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJNPtvioy9w "undefined") By Manmeet Kaur at _Aspen Ideas Spotlight Health_ **5\.** [**We need to blaze a new trail that restores the link between work and wealth.**](https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/washington-doesnt-understand-working-families/ "undefined") By Ida Rademacher and Maureen Conway at the _Aspen Institute_  [_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/4854579/we-need-a-netflix-of-education/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4854579/we-need-a-netflix-of-education/"},"headline":"We Need a Netflix of Education","datePublished":"2017-07-12T16:00:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:41.414Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4854579/we-need-a-netflix-of-education/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Economy","Innovation","Education","Wealth","birth","Bacteria"],"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/4854579/we-need-a-netflix-of-education/","name":"We Need a Netflix of Education"}}]}] ```