October 12, 2021 - The Aspen Institute Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 12, 2021 - The Aspen Institute

How identity can be transformed into a rhetorical cudgel.

Jenny G. Zhang in Gawker
Cities need heat governance to plan for extreme temperatures.

Ladd Keith, Sara Meerow, David M. Hondula, V. Kelly Turner, and James C. Arnott in Nature
We should not forget the value of virtual learning.

Christine Shiau for the Aspen Institute
Afghanistan is a lesson in how not to spend development aid.

Efosa Ojomo and Michael B. Horn in NBC News
Scientists have learned to enter people's dreams.

Christian Jarrett in Science Focus