--- title: Five Best: Big Tech’s Appetite for Talent is Hurting Schools description: Big tech’s appetite for new talent is hurting universities, here’s how to make good use of leftover pumpkins and more. canonical: https://time.com/5007166/big-techs-appetite-for-new-talent-is-hurting-universities/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-02T16:00:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:21.965Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Big Tech’s Appetite for New Talent is Hurting Universities og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/5007166/big-techs-appetite-for-new-talent-is-hurting-universities/ 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: Big Tech’s Appetite for New Talent is Hurting Universities 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 --- # Big Tech’s Appetite for New Talent is Hurting Universities by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 2, 2017 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Nov 2, 2017 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Big tech’s appetite for new talent is hurting universities.**](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/01/cant-compete-universities-losing-best-ai-scientists) By Ian Sample in the G_uardian_ **2\.** [**Got leftover pumpkins? Here’s how to make good use of them.**](http://www.ozy.com/good-sht/leftover-pumpkins-heres-how-to-make-best-use-of-them/81763) By Theo Ellin Ballew in _Ozy_ **3\.** [**Would the NBA handle Colin Kaepernick’s protest better than the NFL?**](https://theundefeated.com/features/would-the-nba-be-more-accepting-of-a-colin-kaepernick-than-the-nfl/) By Martenzie Johnson in the _Undefeated_ **4\.** [**Here’s how to stop social media fake news without help from Congress.**](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/krist-novoselic-on-how-to-stop-fake-news-without-congress-w510771) By Krist Novoselic in _Rolling Stone_ **5\.** [**Why hiring teams can help companies succeed.**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-companies-should-hire-teams-not-individuals-1509329580) By Sydney Finkelstein in the _Wall Street Journal_  [_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/5007166/big-techs-appetite-for-new-talent-is-hurting-universities/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5007166/big-techs-appetite-for-new-talent-is-hurting-universities/"},"headline":"Big Tech’s Appetite for New Talent is Hurting Universities","datePublished":"2017-11-02T16:00:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:21.965Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5007166/big-techs-appetite-for-new-talent-is-hurting-universities/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Social Media","Innovation","Food","Education","Sports","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/5007166/big-techs-appetite-for-new-talent-is-hurting-universities/","name":"Big Tech’s Appetite for New Talent is Hurting Universities"}}]}] ```