--- title: Five Best: Car Companies Know More About You Than A Spouse description: Your car company might know more about you than your spouse, getting up-close with nature can promote a more positive body image and more. canonical: https://time.com/5123103/your-car-company-might-know-more-about-you-than-your-spouse/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-29T17:00:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:10.886Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Car Companies Know More About You Than A Spouse og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/5123103/your-car-company-might-know-more-about-you-than-your-spouse/ 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: Car Companies Know More About You Than A Spouse 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 --- # Your Car Company Might Know More About You Than Your Spouse by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 29, 2018 5:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Jan 29, 2018 5:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Your car company might know more about you than your spouse.**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/01/15/big-brother-on-wheels-why-your-car-company-may-know-more-about-you-than-your-spouse/) By Peter Holley in the _Washington Post_ **2\.** [**Getting up-close with nature can promote a more positive body image.**](https://psmag.com/environment/no-bear-ever-felt-bad-about-her-body) By Tom Jacobs in _Pacific Standard_ **3\.** [**This contact lens does double duty as a blood sugar monitor for people with diabetes.**](https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/smart-contact-lenses-get-practical) By Emily Waltz in _IEEE Spectrum_ **4\.** [**There’s science behind why swearing reduces physical pain.**](https://www.wired.com/story/the-science-of-why-swearing-physically-reduces-pain/) By Emma Byrne in _Wired_ **5\.** [**Your brain uses your eyes and ears together to keep you alert.**](https://today.duke.edu/2018/01/when-eyes-move-eardrums-move-too) By Kara Manke at _Duke University_  [_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/5123103/your-car-company-might-know-more-about-you-than-your-spouse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5123103/your-car-company-might-know-more-about-you-than-your-spouse/"},"headline":"Your Car Company Might Know More About You Than Your Spouse","datePublished":"2018-01-29T17:00:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:10.886Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5123103/your-car-company-might-know-more-about-you-than-your-spouse/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","cars","diabetes","nature","Science"],"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/5123103/your-car-company-might-know-more-about-you-than-your-spouse/","name":"Your Car Company Might Know More About You Than Your Spouse"}}]}] ```