Problems
Here are the top five world problems in order from biggest problem (#1) to smallest (#5):
1. Poverty - This is #1 because poverty is the cause of a long chain of other world problems such as lack of food or shelter, malnutrition, crime, drug abuse, and even depression.
2. War - This has historically been a consistent issue no matter what time period a person lives in. I ranked this after poverty because war is often a result of widespread poverty in a country. The outburst of civil wars across the Middle East, like in Libya, Egypt and Syria had, in large part, to do with the corrupt way that government was spending money instead of allocating its resources towards the country itself and its people, causing economic downturn.
3. Obesity - This has recently become a very big problem world wide, especially in more westernized countries. According to FranchiseHelp.com, the fast food industry has grown from $6 billion in 1970 to $160 billion this past year with an 8.6% annual growth rate. I placed this under war because obviously people being mass murdered is worse that gaining some weight. You can lose the weight, but you cannot bring people back to life.
4. Depression - Over 70% of people are likely to experience depression at some point and when it happens, it is important that people are able to get out of it instead of getting stuck there. It happens in every culture and age group and because so many people go through it, it's something that we need a solution to. It's under Obesity because obesity has more direct effects on a person's health and life expectancy. It's also harder to lose a large amount of weight, which has both a physical and psychological aspect, than it is to get out of most forms of depression which is just psychological.
5. Climate Change - Historically, the climate has always been changing; however, it's changing a lot faster now that it ever has before as a result of the enormous amounts of greenhouse gasses humans add to the atmosphere on an daily basis. I placed this last because, although it is still a huge world issue, it affects people the least directly.
Solutions
This list ranks the solutions to each of the five problems above from most viable solution (#1) to least viable solution (#5):
1. Depression - Get people help! Over 80% of those who fall to depression never receive help to improve. Often times, what can relieve a person of this awful condition is a lifestyle change or a series of small changes. For example, changes in diet, more exercise or even a change in perception.
2. Obesity - This is the same idea as depression. We need to get people help. As opposed to just helping people on a psychological basis, we also need to help people physically. I placed this solution after depression because we have to help people change in two ways, physically and psychologically, instead of just one. Fixing obesity at a society level requires changing social views on health, which I think has already started to an extent.
3. War - It has to come to an end at some point. The solutions vary drastically depending on the issue at hand. Whether it be that the two sides of the conflict are tired of fighting or they simply come to some sort of agreement, there is always a solution that comes out eventually. This is something that is much harder to prevent than, for example, gaining weight, but is still feasible.
4. Climate Change - This requires effort on behalf of the entire world's population to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, pollution in the soil, less use of plastics, etc. There is no one solution to this. Rather it's an effort to contribute as many smaller solutions as possible.
5. Poverty - This will always be around. Realistically speaking, money will never be allocated evenly. Human nature has a large amount to do with that. We all want what is best for us. Some poeple choose not to share their wealth while others choose not to make any by not working or using their wealth irresponsibly. I don't really see a viable solution to this problem. Although there are ways to help alleviate poverty in certain areas by doing things like creating jobs, there will still always be a lower, middle and higher class in terms of wealth.
Here are the top five world problems in order from biggest problem (#1) to smallest (#5):
1. Poverty - This is #1 because poverty is the cause of a long chain of other world problems such as lack of food or shelter, malnutrition, crime, drug abuse, and even depression.
2. War - This has historically been a consistent issue no matter what time period a person lives in. I ranked this after poverty because war is often a result of widespread poverty in a country. The outburst of civil wars across the Middle East, like in Libya, Egypt and Syria had, in large part, to do with the corrupt way that government was spending money instead of allocating its resources towards the country itself and its people, causing economic downturn.
3. Obesity - This has recently become a very big problem world wide, especially in more westernized countries. According to FranchiseHelp.com, the fast food industry has grown from $6 billion in 1970 to $160 billion this past year with an 8.6% annual growth rate. I placed this under war because obviously people being mass murdered is worse that gaining some weight. You can lose the weight, but you cannot bring people back to life.4. Depression - Over 70% of people are likely to experience depression at some point and when it happens, it is important that people are able to get out of it instead of getting stuck there. It happens in every culture and age group and because so many people go through it, it's something that we need a solution to. It's under Obesity because obesity has more direct effects on a person's health and life expectancy. It's also harder to lose a large amount of weight, which has both a physical and psychological aspect, than it is to get out of most forms of depression which is just psychological.
Solutions
This list ranks the solutions to each of the five problems above from most viable solution (#1) to least viable solution (#5):
1. Depression - Get people help! Over 80% of those who fall to depression never receive help to improve. Often times, what can relieve a person of this awful condition is a lifestyle change or a series of small changes. For example, changes in diet, more exercise or even a change in perception.
2. Obesity - This is the same idea as depression. We need to get people help. As opposed to just helping people on a psychological basis, we also need to help people physically. I placed this solution after depression because we have to help people change in two ways, physically and psychologically, instead of just one. Fixing obesity at a society level requires changing social views on health, which I think has already started to an extent.
3. War - It has to come to an end at some point. The solutions vary drastically depending on the issue at hand. Whether it be that the two sides of the conflict are tired of fighting or they simply come to some sort of agreement, there is always a solution that comes out eventually. This is something that is much harder to prevent than, for example, gaining weight, but is still feasible.
4. Climate Change - This requires effort on behalf of the entire world's population to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, pollution in the soil, less use of plastics, etc. There is no one solution to this. Rather it's an effort to contribute as many smaller solutions as possible.
5. Poverty - This will always be around. Realistically speaking, money will never be allocated evenly. Human nature has a large amount to do with that. We all want what is best for us. Some poeple choose not to share their wealth while others choose not to make any by not working or using their wealth irresponsibly. I don't really see a viable solution to this problem. Although there are ways to help alleviate poverty in certain areas by doing things like creating jobs, there will still always be a lower, middle and higher class in terms of wealth.
WOW! Abraham, you have such a wonderful list and point of view on the world problems. It's truly amazing how people's view of the world differs from one to another. War never came to mind because I have never been personal affected by its outcome. Whether it be a friend, family member or neighbor during my life i haven't seen anyone go to war. I have meet people who have served for the USA. Also with depression that had never slipped my mind, I am shocked how many people suffer from this issue. I have had my far share of feeling down yet I have always overcome it through school and friends. Overall you did an extremely wonderful job on your blog post, Keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteHere is my post feel free to comment :)
http://qdesousaent3003.blogspot.com/2016/01/ent-3003-top-5-world-problems.html