“If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?”
-T.S. Eliot
Ranking the World's Biggest Problems
1. Colorism across cultures causing discriminatory practices.
2. Fear of Disease
3. Governmental Instability
4. Extinction Across Species/Ecosystems
5. Worldwide Income Inequality
Ranking the World's Biggest Solutions
1. The solution to extinction (legislation/policy)
2. The solution to fear of disease (better tracking, prevention)
3. The solution to governmental instability (soft power increase)
4. The solution to colorism (better understanding of other peoples and cultures)
5. The solution to income inequality (promoting economies to be more efficient and fair)
The reason why I chose income inequality as both the most important and the most difficult problem and solution is because it is the one issue that directly affects every person on Earth. How we move to solve those issues can determine almost all the other issues I listed, from being more responsible with our ecosystems to resolving issues with governments that can be economically and politically unstable.
-Oliver
Oliver,
ReplyDeleteFirst off, great quote by T.S. Eliot. As far as your list, I found it thought provoking. Simply because I feel like you tackled this assignment way differently than I did. You stuck to problems that affect us day to day instead of looming issues that haven't really materialized. Give my list a look and see what you think of mine! http://gabrielaraujoent3003.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-world-problems-and-their-possible.html
Hi Oliver. I can agree with your rankings as you brought up a couple that I thought were big issues myself. I'm not sure I agree on your #1 of "Colorism across cultures causing discriminatory practices" being one of the biggest problems but I can understand you listing this as such. It seems like there will always be discrimination no matter what because of the diverse world we are and the more divers America becomes, the more problems we will encounter. I'm not sure I know what the answer is other than more protection rights and people educating themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe "solution to extinction" being the easiest solution with legislative/policy, yes I agree. We've been able to take the bald eagle off the endangered list which was leading to extinction among other species, but there definitely needs to be continued government policy and someone always fighting for the ones that can't speak for themselves.
Here is my blog:
http://ctaylornewsblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-world-problems.html