World's Biggest Problems - Week 3

10.  In developed countries, I think people are losing the ability to live in the moment. Rather than just savor a moment or event, people always feel the need to either put it on their Snapchat or Twitter.

This problem does not have a clear solution, as it is hard to tackle social issues.  I hope that people start to see the problems of not being able to live in the moment.

9.  I think our reliance on electronics to function in everyday life has start to become detrimental to our ability to do anything without it. In my own personal experience, I know whenever I have to write a letter, I find myself struggling to spell words I use often when typing. People are almost always looking at some sort of screen, whether it be a phone, computer, or even TV.

A possible solution to this dilemma is to try and go a few hours each day without any technology and see how what new things you become aware of.

8.  The distribution of wealth is at an all time min and max.  The middle class around the world is shrinking at an exponential rate while the number of upper class rise, as well as the number of lower class rises.  The rich just keep getting richer and although I am not at all a socialist, I believe something needs to happen to try and balance the quality of life for people.

One way is to raise taxes, but they are already fairly high on the richest of people.  Another way is to to greatly reduce welfare benefits so that people have to work much harder to find a source of income.

7.  Terrorism is on the rise as groups like ISIS and Al-Queda promote violence to Western people.  Islamic Terrorism is the main form we see but this does not mean it is the only form, as there are many other radical groups that seek to harm others that do not share their ideals.

There is no clear solution to fighting terrorism because it is an idea.  The only way to try and prevent it is to increase security.

6.  Global warming is causing significant changes in our weather conditions.  Although it may be a sort of cycle, nothing we are doing is helping to prevent this cycle and we have almost accepted that there is no hope to stopping it.

The answer is obvious, we need to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and decrease our overall energy consumption.

5.  Education throughout the world is severely lacking, as the style of teaching has not really changed for the past 70 years and look at how much the world has changed.

Fund more research in education studies to help modernize education.

4.  The Syrians fleeing their country because of war face a difficult issue, as other countries seek to be caring for these people, however they also have a duty to protect their own citizens from possible terrorists hiding among the fleeing people.

There is no clear solution, the only way to help prevent it is to increase border security.

3.  The Earth’s clean water supply is becoming more of a business as our natural sources of clean water are disappearing because of not allocating water properly.

The answer is clear, we have to learn how to use water more efficiently and sustainably. This means doing things like: shortening showers, not washing your car as much, etc..

2.  The medical field is getting hit hard as it becomes more and more expensive to go to med school, potential doctors often don’t become doctors because they don’t want to spend 10 years paying off student loans. 

Subsidize the medical field by offering more medical scholarships to students so that their passion is not diminished by practicality of paying student loans.

1.     The economy is in a very fragile state and although I don’t know much about how the economy exactly works, I know that there are a few potential problems that could cause disaster like what is actually stored in Ft. Knox and all of the money that is in digital format.

There is no answer to this, even the worlds greatest economists cannot solve this problem.