Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 24, 2020 - The Aspen Institute

This is why Johns Hopkins is ending legacy admissions.

Annalisa Merelli in Quartz
Is venture capital broken?

Nathan Heller in The New Yorker
Why the famous Doomsday Clock is closer than ever to midnight.

Sean Gallagher in Ars Technica
How ‘baby bonds’ can close the racial wealth gap in America.

Kilolo Kijakazi and Alexander Carther at the Urban Institute
Is an ancient shipwreck an archaeologist’s dream or a scavenger’s payday?

Jill Neimark in Hakai