--- description: How to stop the next epidemic, could we be close to managing pain without the fear of addiction and more. title: How to Stop the Next Epidemic 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 # How to Stop the Next Epidemic by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**How to stop the next epidemic.**](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/stop-lethal-virus-180965217/ "undefined") By Maryn McKenna in _Smithsonian_ **2\.** [**Could we be close to managing pain without the fear of addiction?**](https://news.iu.edu/stories/2017/10/iub/releases/25-pain-relief-study.html "undefined") By Kevin Fryling at _Indiana University_ **3\.** [**For augmented reality, let’s not repeat the mistakes made as social media became ubiquitous.**](https://shift.newco.co/weve-not-thought-through-the-legal-and-ethical-disruption-of-augmented-reality-e244769c6e9b "undefined") By Matt Ranen in _NewCo Shift_ **4\.** [**Can artificial intelligence beat musicians at their craft?**](https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2017/10/30/can-artificial-intelligence-beat-musicians-craft/ "undefined") By Ben Dickson in the _Next Web_ **5\.** [**Chocolate is now a health food. Here’s how that happened.**](https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/10/18/15995478/chocolate-health-benefits-heart-disease "undefined") By Julia Belluz in _Vox_  [_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/5002171/how-to-stop-the-next-epidemic/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5002171/how-to-stop-the-next-epidemic/"},"headline":"How to Stop the Next Epidemic","datePublished":"2017-10-30T16:00:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:22.441Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5002171/how-to-stop-the-next-epidemic/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","chocolate","Addiction","epidemic","AI","augmented reality"],"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/5002171/how-to-stop-the-next-epidemic/","name":"How to Stop the Next Epidemic"}}]}] ```