1. Terrorism: There have been a wide range of terrorist attacks just in the past year. Isis and other terrorist groups have target many large cities around the world. They are attacking civilians, and they do not care who they hurt. There have also been many cyber attacks on people's personal information, and on private government information. There is no easy solution for this, but to begin with setting up a higher perimeter for security. Also, using any and all of the technology at hand to catch these attackers before they can attack. A good way to do this would be to allocate more money and research towards national security.
2. Climate Change: During the past couple of years climate change has shown up on the map. This includes record high and record low temperatures. Also, having the cold season begin a month or two after it normally begins. Deforestation also contributes to this problem, and to raising the planets overall temperature. A solution to this problem would be to have stricter environmental standards and laws. Also, having stricter penalties for breaking these laws.
3. Unemployment: Since the recession period began in the US, there has be a growing percentage of unemployment. It has gone down a bit since the recession began, but it is still a problem we face today. There are many qualified people that do not have jobs, and are unable to provide for their families. A solution to this problem would be to help stimulate the economy. If banks are able to lend money to new businesses or small businesses, then these businesses have a higher chance of survival, and in turn would help create more jobs.
4. World Hunger: Many people, specially in Africa, face world hunger. A large number of the world population dies every year because of world hunger, and the insufficient allocation of food. In order to solve this problem, we must help each other. A solution for this problem could be to add an additional tax of about $1 to every purchase made at a supermarket. This money would be used to send food to the places with the highest percentage of malnutrition and people dying from hunger.
5. Disease: Throughout the past couple of years there have been large outbreaks of diseases around the world. For example, the Ebola outbreak in Africa caused many problems throughout the world. A solution to this would help these countries by educating them on proper ways to stay healthy and clean.
6. Pollution: Pollution has been a big problem that is tied in with the climate change. Through pollution we have caused this climate change to occur. In order to help fight against this, stricter sanctions on environmental standards along with the solution to fighting disease should be used. Educating people on recycling as well as how to maintain a clean and healthy environment could help fight pollution. Also, implementing laws to pollute less. For example, only being able to drive your car on certain days depending on your license plate number, or being able to ride the bus for free.
7. Income Inequality: In the world we live in the majority of the wealth is shared by a small percentage of the population. This means that the 1% of the world is extremely wealthy, while the other 99% tends to be very poor or having just enough to get by. One solution to this problem would be to have more evenly shared resources. For example, allowing those less wealthy people to have the same opportunities as wealthier people.
8. Economic Growth: This problem is most easily seen in European countries. Currently many European countries are struggling with their economies, and this is affecting the world as a whole. One solution to this problem would be for these countries to stop using the Euro as their currency, and begin having currencies for their specific countries. This could help some of the countries whose economies are brought down because of other countries with failing economies that use the same currency.
9. Safe Water: Many places around the world do not contain safe water for human consumption. This problem also brings about health-related issues. A solution to this problem would be for governments to step in and implement stricter water safety laws, and allocate more money towards cleaning the countries water supply.
10. Poverty: A large amount of the world's population lives in poverty. These people live on less than $3 a day. The majority of these people live around the same areas or countries. A solution to this problem would be to aid these countries in providing better education to these regions. Also, developing a program in which these people could attend a trade school, and obtain a job after they graduate from such schools.
Nice blog you have Luis. I'd like to add the "refugees crisis" to this list, it's growing by the day with no revolutionary solution.
ReplyDeleteYour solution to poverty is a good one! I remember reading somewhere that an education is the most effective way to reduce one's chances of being in poverty. What's interesting is that 64% of the 774 million adults that are illiterate are women. Considering that statistic, it seems that the efforts to make education attainable really needs to be focused on encouraging women to pursue one and making it accessible to them.
ReplyDeleteLuis,
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting how in a post of the World's Biggest Problems, we only had four that were the same or appeared to be similar. While I don't disagree with you, I just didn't think of some of these problems earlier. This just comes to show that even as entrepreneurs, looking at something as big as the world, gives us different perceptions/opinions.
Here is the link to my post if you want to look at it. I would only look at it for the pictures to be honest - the writing itself is pretty boring. Don't say I didn't warn you.
http://nataliem775.blogspot.com/2016/01/worlds-biggest-problems.html
Hi Luis!
ReplyDeleteTerrorism and Climate change were also on the top of my list. I believe if we, as humans, can collaborate on ending both of these issues then many other waterfall issues that happen because of them will also be resolved. It's like working with an injury; sometimes the bigger issue needs to be solved before the smaller ones will go away. Here's my blog if you're interested! http://kellyquinnart.blogspot.com/2016/01/worlds-biggest-problems.html