1) Terrorism
2) Clean Drinking Water
3)Pollution
4)Disease
5)Poor Education
rank order solutions:
1) Solution to poor education: mandatory school through high school would be relatively 'easy' to implement globally
2) Clean drinking water: there have already been innovations to create clean drinking water in places of poverty. I think we could find ways to mass produce these innovations & supply them globally
3) Pollution: If there were laws with high consequences, I think we could drastically lessen pollution
4) Disease: there has to be a way to bring vaccinations more readily and inexpensively to in need societies around the world
5) Terrorism is the hardest to solve. I have no solution for it, as there is no way to sit down with terrorists and talk (they would just kill us).
I selected Terrorism as my top problem because terrorism is threatening the safety and freedom of this country. Likewise, I made it the hardest problem to solve because bombing all the terrorists means also bombing civilians, and civilly talking to terrorists would never be a plausible solution because they would just find a way to kill us during that conversation. There is no win-win solution.
I think a solution to poor education could be most fixable because there are already countries that have mandatory education, and it isn't something that is an unreachable goal.
Amanda I think you have two great lists here. Like you, I also listed terrorist as the number one world problem given the fact that it does threaten the safety of people all across the world. I do agree and disagree with your opinion on solving this issue, I agree that by solving this issue we would be bombing and hurting innocent civilian but I also disagree because unfortunately it is the only way to solve such an issue, I guess its all about the approach you take. I'd take a utilitarian approach to this issue.
ReplyDeleteAmanda I think your lists are perfect. You tackled real world problems with very practical solutions. I can sense that you are a philanthropist at heart and care about the well-being of the entire global community and not just yourself and those around you. I agree that terrorism is a pertinent and encroaching issue, as well as the fact that it is extremely difficult to combat. I selected terrorism as a major world problem as well. Check out my list here! http://ethan2you.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-world-problems.html
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