Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 3, 2020 - The Aspen Institute

The case against smart baby tech.

Sara Morrison in Recode
Epidemics like the coronavirus reveal the truth about the societies they strike.

Anne Applebaum in the Atlantic
Why grocery shopping is on its way out.

Corey Mintz in the Walrus
For teaching STEM lessons, video demonstrations are just as useful as the real thing.

Anna Fiorentino in the Harvard Gazette
Is a world without trash possible?

Robert Kunzig in National Geographic