Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Top 5 World Problems


Worst problems:

1.   Global Warming
2.   Terrorism
3.   Spread of infectious disease
4.   Cost of education
5.   Ignorance
I selected my list of top 5 problems with relative ease. I truly believe that people’s rapid consumption of nonrenewable energy and resources is the biggest problem we face as human beings. All of the other problems won’t have time to plague us if we all succumb to climate change. Rising sea levels, a lack of freshwater, mass species extinction, and resource wars will destroy us before terrorism has a chance to. That’s not to downplay the nasty issue of terrorism and increasing globalization leading to the spread of evolving infectious disease. At the root of these issues is ignorance and overall lack of education regarding their severity. If education was cheaper or people opened their eyes, becoming a little less selfish, the human race would be way better off.

Easiest to solve:
1.   Obesity
2.   Political Correctness
3.   Cost of education
4.   Religious coexistence
5.   Terrorism

Solving for obesity is all about treating your and your families’ bodies with love and care- stop poisoning your body with crappy food and exercise. This life is the only one we are guaranteed exists and your body is the vessel through which your mind can travel the world and live comfortably/healthily. Solving for political correctness is also a simple recognition/reiteration of the 2nd Amendment and the importance of open communication. Putting value on education also isn’t that hard to implement, which would help with solving religious intolerance and in turn, terrorism.


2 comments :

  1. Ryan, what an excellent job you did with your list. I would have to agree with pretty much everything you said, most notably cost of education and global warming. These are issues that we need to do a much better job of controlling in the future.

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  2. Hey Ryan, I think you explained yourself extremely well. I agree with most of your list. On my post, I put basic human needs instead of an issue that can cause it like global warming. Instead of global warming, I put education on the top of my list to help people understand what they are doing so they can prevent things like destroying our planet. Even though for the most part I agreed on your problem ranking, I disagree with you on your solution ranking. I do not feel like obesity is the easiest to fix. How will you get the resources to allow people to make the right choices, buy the right food, and exercise enough. A lot of people eat junk and do not exercise as much as they should because they do not have time. Working 9-5 jobs and coming home to take care of more work and a family can make this difficult. It would probably take much more than just "people eating right and exercising" which wouldn't in my opinion make it the most realistic solution. You can check out my blog here: http://feliciaent3003.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-world-problems.html

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