Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 4, 2017 - The Aspen Institute

Why the Nobel Prizes in science are absurd.

Ed Yong in the Atlantic
Mass shootings are a bad way to understand gun violence in America.

Maggie Koerth-Baker at Five-Thirty-Eight
Should colleges be forced to choose between prestige and better access for minority and low-income students?

Sydney Johnson in EdSurge
This roadmap for finding the center in American politics could work — if we really talked about these issues.

Elaine Kamarck at the Brookings Institution
Can anonymity online be used for good instead of just trolling?

Erin O’Donnell in Harvard Magazine