What is the world's greatest problem?

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What in your opinion is the world's greatest problem?
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  • These types of questions.

    Dan
  • Puberty. . Human-trafficking. . and a lot more. . .
  • Over-population - which leads to the worst environmental problem, desertification, which in turn has put us into the 6th Great Extinction.
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  • Lack of understanding.
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    Thinking we're in competition instead of creation.
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  • terrror could be.
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    I feel more alive when I'm making Love - not war.
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  • Yes I'd agree with overpopultion, and too many chavs.
  • I'm torn between greed and vanity.
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      Well no one's perfect.

      ;-)
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    • I'm torn between greed and feeling the need to force your opinions and beliefs on others.

      At the end of the day that, to me, is what all the terrorism is about--people can't just live and let live. They have to make everyone else believe what they do and get rid of the ones that don't.

      Obviously, society as a whole has to do that to some extent to protect people (e.g. pedophilia). But if the other person's beliefs and behaviors aren't harming you or others in any way, so be it.
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    • I'm of the mind Dennis

      That vanity begets greed...

      'OH I'm so great and above others, I deserve it ...',

      ....besides, everyone else is a weenie...


      It's thinking like that, that endangers mankind more than anything.

      Especially now and in the future, when so much power is being consolidated under a 'keystroke', of any one man.
    • Very well pointed. I agree about over-population and lack of Education as well.
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  • Cheryl Cole is.
  • People.








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      Some people are better than others and (I think) that's what keeps us going.
    • I second that.
    • You beat me to it.
    • Inequality.
      Oh, nope, it's this...
  • Women who are mad at me.
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  • heysal, tina,and dennis NAILED IT! I WAS going to say greed and lying, but that IS kind of included in what dennis said. After all, greed in and of itself isn't really bad. Does YOUR wanting more hurt ME? NOPE! The reason why people are against greed is NOT because of greed, but what it BRINGS! Lying, cheating(which comes from lying), stealing(which is a kind of cheating).

    And people laugh at vanity. It often doesn't become a problem to others until you have greed and lying.

    Of course, overpopulation is bad too, but, well...

    Steve
  • Religion is the greatest world problem, in my opinion. The greatest of many unnecessary differences that people are willing to kill each other over.
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    • Nope, it's followers are.

      I often ask The Great Spirit to save me from it's followers.

      and their agendas.
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    • BULL! A lot of stuff done in the name of religion is utter GARBAGE and against religion. If there were NO religion, it STILL would have occurred! And I HAVE known people that seemed to give credit for the good they did to religion. HECK, look at danny thomas! I forget the problem he had, but he prayed to a saint and promised to start a hospital if he got that. He DID! He named it after the saint. "SAINT JUDE". Here's the history on their site:

      History

      The truth is that the bad in the old testament was sometimes for a reason, and sometimes AGAINST the religion. NON is considered right anymore. The adherents in the new were chastised even THEN. I have known many mormons that had REMARKABLE strong will power, etc... I can't speak to the history of them or islam.

      I have also seen a lot of bad done by ATHEISTS, and various CULTS!

      Not meant to be religious, only to bring some balance. If only it WERE something so simple.

      Steve
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    • Do you realze that out of the 6 biggest religions that have been attacked for what they are, FOUR were created out of variants of the other 2, but are really not similar, and were WELL documented? Of the remaining two, one came from the other, and its adherents say it is a fulfillment. The oponents either say it is a cult, or different. Of course neither of them is really well documented and nobody REALLY knows when they started.

      BTW YEAH, I know, there are OTHER religions that have been attacked. Some because the state or culture didn't like them, and some because they preached hatred others didn't like.

      My point? Some seem DESTINED to create religion AND, in its absence will CREATE it. Anyway, CULTURES cause MORE wars. Religion is a kind of psuedo culture. at least pseudo cultures can cross cultures and bring some TOGETHER! HECK, EVEN during WWI there was a sudden ceasefire and PEACE on december 25th! Christmas truce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia That must have been something. To go from bitter enemies, to singing and relaxing for a bit. Who knows, some may even have remained friends after WWI! But the war went on. GRANTED the cultures were similar, but that didn't help during the war.

      Not meant to create a religious discussion, just saying....

      Steve
  • Qualia

    "Qualia are on everyone's mind, quite literally. Qualia (singular quale) are an integral part of our lives. We cannot escape them, unless we are dead or in a coma and there are some that believe that we can't escape them even after death."
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    • This seems to be (in a loooong winded way) (on Wiki) the same thing Aldous Huxley said about 'doors of perception'.

      I have been literally shocked over the years that what seems 'obvious' to me about the consequences and 'ripples' of consequence of actions, is not the same for me as a lot (but by no means all) of people.


      People who have had many, lets say (problems and tragedies) in life in my opinion are far more apt to have empathy for 'bad' things, than people who haven't.

      Comes from an overly protected lifestyle and seeking comfort and safety above reality.

      But "therein lies the rub, said the bard"
      Nobody wants their kids to have a harder life than them.

      There are a lot of doors to walk thru for every generation. In actuality, the same ones.

      Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
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  • Seasoned - Dennis,

    Egocentricism then maybe -- the question was the WORLD's greatest problem and here everyone is contorting that to mean what are HUMAN's greatest problems.

    Hate to clue people in, but there is a LOT more to the world than humans. We are just the factor causing most of the problems on the globe.
    So actually - Tina's simple statement was the most accurate. We are the most deadly virus on this planet.
  • Hatred is the greatest problem. I don't think that overpopulation is a real problem. There's enough space for everybody.
  • information overload probably and confusion. We're bombarded with too much information, data, and statistics that we're not sure who to listen to
  • The greed of a few is ruining the conditions on the planet for the many.


    TL
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  • So often we hear the phrase 'man's inhumanity to man.'

    I think that this is a big problem that spawns so many other problems in the world. Perhaps not the greatest problem, but certainly one that is very near the top of the list.

    As Robbie Burns put it:

    Many and sharp the num'rous ills
    Inwoven with our frame!
    More pointed still we make ourselves
    Regret, remorse, and shame!
    And man, whose heav'n-erected face
    The smiles of love adorn, -
    Man's inhumanity to man
    Makes countless thousands mourn!

    I recently came across an article about human dignity and what happens when someone is humiliated. (Emotional Competency - Dignity) The author of the site states: “All of history is the quest for dignity.” ~ Leland R. Beaumont

    Perhaps the greatest problem on earth is the violation of the dignity of our creator, his creation and creatures, including man.
  • TL,

    There aren't so few greedy as you imply. In fact, a LOT of criminals got there because they were GREEDY! Martha stewart was in jail because she was GREEDY. And FRANKLY, if I had enough, I wouldn't care if I made a PENNY! I might go to europe and teach english or some such.

    SOME may think I am filthy rich, etc.. I have several accounts that have more than I earned in a YEAR at my last job. But I am simply trying to save for retirement, and handle inflation. And they bill me out sometimes at 5 times what I make. Some might think that THEY are greedy, but they have other people to pay, and have to provide for times like now when work is slow. And HEY, if there weren't greedy people taking from people like me, we could have retired already.

    Steve
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    • I salute you for your drive to financial independence.

      I really wish you personally all the best.

      I hope you have someone to share your success with.

      You and I have demonstrated that we are are on direct opposite sides of most political issues, attitudes and policies since I joined in April 2008 so I'll just say...

      "whatever" to the first part of your first paragraph regarding Martha Steward and criminals in general.

      IMHO, the greed of a relatively few such as...

      - large financial institutions - around the world...

      ...is what got the world into this current economic mess we're in right now.


      If they hadn't been involved in those CDO's (credit default obligations) AKA derivatives the great recession of 2008 would not have happened.

      All The Best!!

      TL


      Ps. Of course, you are more than free to rebut, but I'm not going to go round and round with you on this one or anything else.
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  • i think the uniqueness of each individual...different minds and different beliefs that's the problem
  • the world's greatest problem is politics
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    • The world's greatest problem as mentioned brilliantly above - is people.

      Every other species on the planet lives within the bounds and balance of the natural world - only people try to remake the world and think they have the right to impose their will on the earth and other species that inhabit it.
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    Increase of population and pollution are the great problems.
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    • I believe should be lack of love, many things can be settle through true love
  • Sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll

    Ian does too
  • The chicken or the egg thing.
  • self-importance
    self-indulgence
    self-righteous
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    • If human beings don't exist in this world maybe there is no problem at all. :rolleyes:
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    • Intolerance
    • Fear/Ego. People unwittingly let their ego dictate how they live their lives and allow fear to prevail most of the time
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    • overpopulation and greed are world's greatest problem.
    • These and entitlement.
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  • The thirst for hegemony
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  • Anything that is wasteful.
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  • Deep enough to drown in it Kay. Maybe it's about time, though.

    In NV they are now allowing bears to be hunted again. Why? Because we've taken so much of their natural territory they have nowhere to go but into human populated areas. So the answer is to shoot them instead of to learn about them and deal with living as part of their natural ecosystem. Lot of snotty little city people trying to inhabit natural areas. They do it by wiping out the nature they claimed to love so much when they get there.

    I saw an article - can't remember who by, but a scientist or group of - just saying I never validated the information or research. They say that humans are evolving into two species. One is a higher functioning being and the others are going back toward caveman status - becoming fat, stocky, and losing logical reasoning ability. While I can't verify the validity of research or the scientists credentials -- One trip out to anywhere a lot of people are is enough verification for me.

    Steve - it's not just that we have almost 7 bil people, most that eat meat, that is the problem - the problem is that we are stripping and poisoning both plant and animal habitats. Global scientific study has turned up how fragile ecosystem balance is. People LOVE to think that rodents are useless but they perform some seriously important functions in their own habitats. Seed dispersal for one. They aerate and turn soil and help ground water absorption during heavy water. They provide food for larger species and eat bugs, helping to control insect populations. Even in farm lands they are more benefit than harm. Stop killing the owls with rodent poison and build grassland borders and a farm becomes much more ecologically sustainable. The grasslands help control all that damned poison they insist on spraying on our food, too because the grasses inhibit it from migrating to waterways. Bats? People are tearing the snot out of bat habitats, yet they are one of the most effective natural insect control mechanisms on the planet - one bat can eat 600 mosquitoes in an hour. Even the termite colonies in the African grasslands have been found to be important factors in that environment.

    We've decided that XX species are inconvenient and try to kill them off - that starts chain reactions that can't be stopped if we drive something to extinction.
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    • Well, some that are de-evolving are skinny, and some that aren't are fat. Otherwise, I agree. Too bad the gametes are still compatible. 8-(

      If this is about the crack I made about rats eating grain, SORRY. It was a metaphor.

      Yeah, have a few spiders living with me, I leave them alone. There at least WAS a colony of ants outside that tried to get closer to my home. I HATE them, but generally leave them alone. Bats are fine, just not in my home! When I was in bodfish, the home I lived in had bats in the attic. I don't even think the poor guy was hurt. He, or she, sorry, I can't tell, was sprayed with water, when found. I used to have a hamster. They're cute. Outside of SOME insects, like ants and roaches, I leave them alone, etc... And HEY, I have a number of animals living on my property. They're safe!

      Steve
  • Greed number one as it leads to corruption. This corruption has led to the corporatocracy of America as big business fuels and runs this country through the policies they influence. It also leads to unemployment due to outsourcing and cutbacks. Always having to make a profit every quarter. It can even be stated that it leads to hunger as I'm sure there could be ways to feed more people.

    Religious values assumed and pushed onto others. Between what happens here in the U.S., being the weakest version, to terrorism and many wars throughout the centuries.
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  • poverty and hunger

    half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Solving poverty and hunger is both an urgent problem and long-term challenge
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    • World Population to Top 7 Billion in 2011 amidst Growing Concerns

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    • You are like a woman I met in a city council meeting. I think she was there just for the free doughnuts. She ate doughnuts as she kept saying that there was a problem that needed to be solved., EVEN after I already provided the solution! I literally said "SOLVED IT!"! "IT'S FREE TO ALL!"! "IT IS RUNNING!"! "Simply give me the data you have on charities, and people like that cop at midnight with the family with the dog that needed to place them can get help 24/7/365 at ANY time of the day or night!!!!!"! Open and shut, HUH!?

      I guess the councilman's assistant felt it was too simple and wouldn't get the attention he wanted!
  • The biggest issue which is causing problem for the whole world is the terrorism. In front of it every other issue remain little. Its very important but its hard to stop as rapidly its increasing in all parts of the world.
  • As stated once before above...central banks (aka the IMF and Federal Reserve syndicate) He who controls the money of the world controls it's laws it's politics it's
    Economy it's education it's media it's resources it's assets. If any single one of us had the ability to create unlimited money, then there would be only one possible eventual end result every time without fail. That would be we would eventually buy and own every " thing" and every "person" which can be bought...that is
    Exactly what has happened.





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  • Some world leaders part of the Illuminati group. It isn't a conspiracy. It's happening right under your noses.
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  • Dumbness

    Its really stupid
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  • The greatest problem I have encountered in the word today is political degradation in developing countries. Politicians own countries but don't really care about their subjects. Particularly in Africa. Greed for power and wealth. People die of war and hunger under their very watch.
  • Everything that makes a human a human. People conform to what others do.

    Wanting to be accepted by peers
    Desires to do wrong
    rejects change
    unenthusiastic, apathetic, indifferent
  • lack of understanding, love of wealth, over population
  • Selfishness and pride do the most harm in this world.....
  • Pollution and world hunger.
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    • Sal we're having a bear season here in my county for the first time in around 100 years. We do it different here though. It's not about them encroaching into human areas, it's about not letting the population get to large for the land to support it. Wish we'd do that with those two legged critters walking around
      So to answer the original question.
      Humans are of course.
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  • I think global warming is the world's greatest problem.........
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    • Hmmm..., the world's greatest problem?

      It's been mentioned 3 or 4 times in these post.

      Sometimes simplicity is more complicated than Differential Equations... the way we a trained to process.

      Simply look in the mirror.

      THAT is the world's greatest problem...,everything is there, past, present,future.

      Every element in the universe is found in some measure in the Human Being.

      That makes us the universe's greatest laboratory....that means everything that can come into existence, whether cosmic , planetary or trivial is located within.

      The Black Hole or hole's that is out there, has a DIRECT relation to what's happening inside the Human Being.

      9 planets, 9 systems of the body, just as one example.

      The speed of sound, the speed of thought, the speed of light, the circumference of the earth, the rate of rotation of earth and other forces of nature have a direct mathematical , almost mirror-like ratio of stats as the systems of the body.

      That means any invention or creation 1 Trillion years from now, "YOU", the person in the mirror, has the same base elements both mental and physical, NOW, that will bring the unperceivable and unimagined into existence in the future.

      The solutions are here, the solutions were always here, so the problem is that person looking back in the mirror.

      No one or thing has absolutely any power over you to make you do or believe anything.

      Not the government, not torture, not military might, nothing.

      Period.

      So if there is no solution, look in the mirror, the first place to start.

      It is MORE than a coincidence , in the physical, that when you point your 1 finger OUT, at least 3 ( the eternal judges ) fingers point IN, back at you.

      It is MORE than a coincidence that the physical eye can see OUTWARD, but cannot see INWARD.

      With all our technology, experience, education and bravado, the vast majority are simply children with our finger on the trigger, children with our finger on the nuclear button.

      Go watch some kids under 7 and simply imagine them with suits, ties, briefcases and dresses with higher tech materialism and developing the ability to INTERNALIZE the outward mannerisms of a child.

      "Growth , growing or maturing" is, to some extent, people turned actor, acting like we have outgrown that part of our life, that we have mastered that phase, because what, we are now 62 ?

      No matter what HAS happened or WILL happen, some how, some way, we CHOSE it and have made up our minds looooong ago what our choice will forever be.

      THAT has effect on your surrounding , even the forces of nature itself, whether you perceive it or not.

      With all this technology, the surface has not even been scratched.

      The 13th Warrior
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    • It'll soon get colder!
  • Illiterates ppl are the biggest problem in my opinion.
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  • i Think Corrupt Politition ,,
    My country Polititions are very Corrupt ...
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  • It's called the fall of man, a commonly understood fact until recently when we got "smarter" than our predecessors.
    Pride- Result of the fall of man
    Greed- Result of the fall of man
    Aggression- Result of the fall of man
    Selfishness- Result of the fall of man
    Lying- Result of the fall of man

    We can debate which of these is the worst all day, doesn't matter, any one of them would destroy our civilizations on its own, but we have them all and alot more.
  • IMHO, there isn't a "world's greatest problem." Just a bunch of problems; some entity (governments, groups, activists, individuals, etc.) choose to turn these problems into their private agendas, for a multitude of reasons (money, power, prestige, etc.) - suddenly now it's a great problem we must deal with!

    Think of it kind of like 'the squeaky wheel gets the grease' type of scenario. If the wheel squeaks loud enough it draws attention and is dealt with appropriately; and end of problem.

    The world is quite different though with problems everywhere however, man cannot fix the squeaking...

    A conversation for a different venue

    Doug
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    • Greatest problems: Lies and greed

      We live in an abundant world. I don't buy into the over-population theory. That's because I don't buy into the scarcity-mindset at all. That is what the advocates of eugenics would have you believing. (Sorry, Sal.) Those who advocate decreasing the world's population believe that there's not enough resources for the world, when in fact, there's plenty.

      We don't need to be consuming as much as we are. When people think there isn't enough, they hoard, they get greedy, and consume more. I see this behavior time and time again among people who have little money, but when they do have money they tend to over-do everything: drink, eat, etc.

      It's very interesting to watch people.

      I don't believe people are inherently bad either. Again, the media shows you nothing but bad stuff, so we are brainwashed into believing that most people are bad, that everything that happens is because we are "bad".

      Have we, the people of Mother Earth, made mistakes - serious ones? Yes! The biggest mistake we've made is trusting the wrong people - corrupt government leaders, corrupt corporations, and the mainstream media who are puppets of both.

      I don't think it's too late to change the course of the future of this planet. But it's going to take the collapse of existing infrastructures before people are going to finally wake up.

      Peace out...
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  • I will add up mans greed and selfishness.
  • The greatest problem of the world today can misdirect into as many different directions as you can but IMO it all stems from the inability of people to focus on the basics of respect and morality.

    We are conditioned on a daily basis to become a disposable society, bombarded with information, taught quickly and forgotten even quicker and most of all we miss the basic principals of respect and morality. A cycle that I am sure all of us see on a daily basis, yet to break that cycle we have to get back to the basics of human interaction and respecting each and everyone and a solid moral foundation.

    Now everyone's morals are differently, so I will not go into which ones are right or wrong but regardless of background, race, religion, belief etc etc respect is in all of those. If you continue to disregard respect and the adornment of another fellow human, even those that we really do not want to, we break down trust within ourselves which continues to bleed out everywhere.

    So IMO you don't have to be a "tree hugger" to love everyone and show some respect down to a level that you actually feel you are going out of your way to show someone else you do respect them.
  • the obvious answer is man! we create every problem! poverty is one of the biggest problems we face right now!!
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    • Man did NOT create poverty! You had me, until THAT comment! BTW you know what happens to ANIMALS brought up in poverty, unless another creature helps them out? ******THEY STARVE*****!

      Steve
  • This is the biggest problem:

    In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity!
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  • There IS an overpopulation problem. And ALL poor people live on land that COULD support them earlier. HECK, I heard of tribes that have too many kids and, eventually, some are left to starve! And various countries, like the US, are playing tricks to have fewer companies use less space to create food, and fewer plants are grown. That means LESS oxygen, less genetic diversity, less of a selection, and less oxygen. and the problem is getting WORSE. And *****NOBODY***** is monitoring it! How much longer before plant species die out? It has happened BEFORE when they were spread all over. Luckily some didn't die out and could replenish the rest. NOW, there is less of a spread! How much longer before oxygen is too low? It happens in the oceans sometimes and isn't pretty! How much longer before we have major plagues spread in the food supply, or have it poisoned? moderate events have already happened MANY times in the past decade! To handle reduced selection, there are imitations and we ship stuff from elsewhere. NOT GOOD!

    And what of the monsanto garbage?

    And the population of the US is not only growing, but many new inhabitants tend to have more kids, so it will get closer and closer to exponential. and more and more simply ask for handouts!

    Steve
  • the world's greatest problem is climate change
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    • Absolutely, climate change is a huge problem. If the world ever comes to an end, climate change will probably be the reason why.
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  • Psychiatric slavery, or poverty, or greed.

    I am not sure which. Perhaps they are all intertwined.
  • It's amazing how many speak of poverty. They usually mean of cash/ANY tangible commodities, like gold. You DO realize that, for a time, the US had no standard currency. Currency is a relatively new invention, in the scheme of thngs. A cougar will be JUST as likely to attack buffett as he would the poorest person. Greed is Also not a reason for a lot of the worlds poverty. And money and wealth is a funny thing.

    NO person that has more than a few neurons is going to bury all their money or something. If they keep it in a bank, or put it in gold, or buy bond or stock, it DOES go to other people. Hoarding just doesn't happen that often. and that money, somehow or another, creates other jobs, or helps people. Let's say that buffet puts a billion dollars into a bank. The bank figures he is unlikely to want all the money back in a hurry, so they invest. A guy comes in to get a loan to buy a home. He gets loaned some money, maybe from buffets deposit. That guy buys the home. Maybe the seller buys a subway sandwich sho franchise and puts people to work. If buffet comes for all of his money, they can get it from other accounts. By law, banks only have to keep a certain amount of money on hand.

    Investing in bonds, BY THEIR NATURE, is a LOAN! Often to a city, state, or company. Of course SOME are to pay for groups of personal loans. When you buy stock, the bulk of the money goes to another person or company. If you buy gold, the seller gets the money.

    Gee, I may be "hoarding" maybe $500 out of the hundreds of thousands I have invested. I only have like $200 on me. And that is an unusualy high amount. Don't worry, it will be gone in a couple weeks!

    OH, and I squander like $30/week to pay this little girl to water my lawn. She might buy CANDY with it, or save for college. HORRORS! Of course, if she buys candy, those candy makers can maybe keep their jobs, and the store can pay employees. If she saves for college, her parents will probably want it in a mutual fund, which will invest as I described.

    Steve
  • The biggest problem in these days in world in my view is Corruption
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    Irresponsible misuse of money, control and power.

    Can I have the freedom and right of free speech to elaborate?

    Probably not.

    There we go. This is the problem.

    Hence why we're seeing a rising protest around the world because of the few controlling the thoughts and opinion of the masses.


    Mark Andrews
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  • i agree with Louie, overload information and confusion to accept all of these. we must be smart and always share good information for people.
  • Lack of Education.
  • pharmaceutical companies that block or hide real cures or natural products that work just so they can make money killing us
  • In my mind, I think Black money's problem is the world's biggest problem.
  • Greatest problems is human itself.
    Being human.

    Because being human has lots of problems.
  • If we really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem too.
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    • Lack of Peace of Mine
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  • Corrupt and greedy leaders and overpopulation.
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    • Hatred. And bad drivers. And drop ins.
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  • Religion is the biggest problem in the world, in my opinion. The largest of many unnecessary differences that people are willing to kill each other more.
  • Islam, bum buggery, pedophilia, Islam
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    • Indoctrination.

      It covers pretty much everything.
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  • Our planet is in DANGER!
  • With a deadline!
  • Hunger, Money in my view are biggest problems as far as i know
  • extreme selfishness might be
  • Forgetting history's lessons.
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  • Even though there are so many answers I could give,
    I'll just give one because your question refers to one.

    To keep it simple, it's lack of love.
  • Oh come on, everyone knows it's money, or at least they think it is.

    So you can't go wrong writing a report how that.
  • The worlds greatest problem is a lack of solutions to all of the problems.
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  • Ignorance.
  • This is a question that has bothered man since man.One of the greatest problems is ignorance.
    We all pretty much know what has to be done ,to make our world a tolerable place,but we all seem to ignore the facts. Then there are those that know better than every one else. They turn what could be a wonderful place to live,into a hardly livable place to be .
    Rodney King was right:"Why can't we just all get along"(>:
  • money!!! and attitude of each individual.
  • Complacency and politicians...
  • Apathy has to be up there on the list. A lot of the evil that happens in the world occurs because the bad guys figured they could get away with it. And a lot of the time, they're right.
  • Global warming, the potential of a mushroom cloud over the Middle-East, over population, and inhabiting the Antartic, and missions to Mars e.t.c
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  • Double standard in terms of judgement. Law is not equal yet for everyone. It is still biased. This is why all the problems are occurring around the world.
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    • I understand as do several others here. Unfortunately, hope is one of the first things that goes in this situation.

      I hope this clears up for you quickly. Keep us posted if you would like.

      Joe Mobley


  • hmm the risk of being attacked by a far more advanced Alien civilization.
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  • Debt. Nuff' said.
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  • Girl, Family and Career.
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    • The monetary system, and the keeping of secrets!


      If we equally shared wealth, (gold, coal, iron, etc) and dispelled cash, then most of the worlds evils would disappear!

      Keeping secrets that would revolutionize the world!

      But l suppose that removing the first would open up secrets! :rolleyes:

      Shane
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  • I'm sure this has been mentioned but just in case, cough due to cold with waxy yellow buildup a close second.
  • Indoctrination.
  • Global Warming and over usage of the earth resources
  • Evil and greed. Two things that go hand-in-hand.
  • Mutual understanding between our neighbors
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  • The Global Warming
  • Too much greed and lack of Love
  • Global warming ........
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