What's the Real Problem Of This World? Can We Survive In This System?
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This is a tough question to answer. On first impusle i would say religion is the real problem of this world, but that would be a wrong answer. \nIt is not the religion that is the problem, but the way people interpret or use their religion as a means to an end. This is not only the case with Islam, but also with Christianity and sometimes even Muslims against Muslims (Sjiits and Sunnits) and Christians against Christians. (Catholics against Protestants). If you read the bible, the qor'an and the torah they do not preach what the extrimists would like the majority to believe. \nUnfortunately -especially in times of economic crisis- it only takes one charistmatic leader who knows how to address pple. Install fear in them, blame another race or religion for all the problems you are facing and bingo..... you have a war. It happend in Germany in WW II, it happend not too long ago in Yugoslavia, it happend in Rwanda.\nPut the ingredient power hunger in the mix. Also a very strong emotion that leads to wars. Hunger for expantion, hunger for oil, hunger for other resources. Hunger to rule the world. Good examples for power hungery pple are - again -  Hilter and of course Napoleon.\nThrow fear into the mix. Fear is maybe the strongest emotion that can be added to the mix. I feel a lot of racial issues stam from fear. Fear for the unknown, for other customs, for other colours. Fear is a big drive.\nI can go on for hours, but as you can see this is not a question that can be answered easily.\nCan we survive? That is a question no one can answer, only maybe our Maker.\nIt would help a lot if people would start listening to each other, would be more open to each other. If we would understand what drives our 'neighbor'it could make a big difference. Also we should learn not to point our finger to others when something goes wrong. But unfortunately i believe this is an Utopia and will never happen.. People have not learned from the past. I fear that they never will.\nTiff\n\nas you can see i only addressed the problem of war here. If i would have to talk about the other major problems like hunger, opression this answer would take twice or three times the space it is taking now.
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Only if you make it a bigger problem than it really is.\nJust sit back and chill a little bit.\nYou will be just fine, and the world will not end tomarrow because of it. Life is only as difficult as you want to make it.\nDo what works for you, and enjoy!!!\n\n; )
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It goes beyond that - some of the basic principals upon which our economic system are very very flawed.  For more information read this book by Robert A. Heinlein.  While it is set as a novel, it is more a combination of essays about our antiquated, pre-technology social system.  He has a detailed appendix with provable examples of the problem with our economics system - it is fascinating.
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?\nBlur - modern life is rubbish
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I hope i am understanding your question,here goes.I believe the social problem that will give a true physical challenge is over population world wide.Every thing else involves changing how we think.Over population will create a real problem.
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Humans are their biggest challenge... dealing w/ our nets, pollution and global warming for example.
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The world does not suck...it is only the people that inhabit it, that do.\nWe all hold on to the outer edge and hang on for dear life.\nSome days it's a good whirl and others we really just want to let go and be spewed out into nothingness.\nSpace the ultimate journey.\n\nOh man, did I just say all of that?  LOL
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The world is the world, and people are people. Human nature hasn't changed one shred since the beginning of recorded history. There are good moments and bad in history. But, in the whole history of recorded time, there has always been violence and war and oppression and anger and such.\n\nThe world may or may not get better, but the point is to make our own little worlds better. Our little worlds of our families and friends and neighbors. That is really as much as we can do.
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The Earth is in danger of becoming almost totally inhospitable for most higher life forms.  Unless we start being more intelligent and get population and resource management under control, the Earth will do if for us.
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I think the "world" is a fine place. Nature is amazing and should be protected. Fighting? I suppose yes, but not at the detriment of flora and fauna. If you are referring to humans, we leave a lot to be desired but the good within should eventually catch up with our level of education , thus the utopia written about in fiction might be achieved.\n\nDo only good things and you will be a part of the solution instead of a part of the problem.
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My pet peeve is when are we going to wake up and realize that we live on a very small planet-TOGETHER. We sweat the small stuff and take for granted the big stuff. If we would only learn to live together in love and understanding and acceptance then we could have a much better world.\n\nPlease take this and pass it along to the next person, there is no charge for clean air, pure water, food, shelter and happiness for each and every person here.
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Someone needs to sit down and have a serious talk with the human race. Especially the bleached ones(If you consider that our DNA came from the tribes of Africa, then the rest are all just bad mimeographs of the original results of evolution and environmental cooperation).\nThe questions to be answered start with\n--"What do you intend to contribute to the universe?"\n\nThe rest are just management questions, but nonetheless just as important in their departments.\n--"How much is it going to cost (the planet, the solar system, etc.)?"\n--"What resources are necessary to pay for it?"\n--"Can we do it at the scale/volume that we currently consume things?"\n--"If not, who is going to decide what the support level will be?"\n--"What are you doing to create a sustainable system for this goal?"\n--"Who are the stakeholders?"\n--"What is the estimated rate of return on the environment's investment(Are we going to save X number of species from extinction by asteroids?)?"\n\nSo far, all these answers are in negative connotations.\n\nTo put our species into the 'black', we need leadership like we have never seen before.\nI suspect that we won't ever see it now.
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Trying to survive.... it's not easy. Since we as humans still can't get along without screwing everthing up... the road ahead will only get worse before it gets better. We better be glad that GOD is still on our side.
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your observation of current conditions go far beyond the political structure that our world suffers from Today.In brief, the answer to the first part of your question is 'Its already too late!" Our Environment is in total upheaval due to the persistent use of FOSSIL FUEL!! Global Warming is UPON us as we sleep, eat and make war....for the very product that will terminate Life as we know it...First of all,once the concept of Greed is comprehended ...We as a race might have a chance to not become exstinct. As it stands now, it doesnt look very good. Understanding the free worlds economy and realizing that it is controlled by the Petro Dollar.and the handful of people that own the Companies that produce Petroleum.Failure to keep the Petro Dollar afloat WILL and WOULD collapse the free world economy,  THIS is the POLITICAL Machine that decides whose Son or Daughter should be sacrificed to maintain a "Freedom" to breath foul air and watch our Planet slowly Die; Being ravaged by Hurricanes,Tornadoes,and Floods caused by the melting of our Polar caps.Once the Salinity content of our oceans deviate much more or the temperature should fluxuate (I believe its 4 Degrees Celsius) disrupting the food chain, we as a race of people should be issued a shovel the next time we fill our gas tanks ....so we can start digging our own graves....We are on the Precipice, and it IS serious,....but we as a people have a tendency to not want to hear this until its knocking at our door...I pray that we as a society will take note and a STAND and commit...your children and your grandchildren have the RIGHT to live in a world free of Toxic Gases we call 'AIR' that is generated by the handful of Petrol Sharks that keep us stuck from utilizing the technology that ALREADY exist to burn clean fuel  ...Sundancer
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There are many reasons we want to know about other worlds.  One large reason is the possibility of extraterrestrial life.  Is there life outside of Earth?  Is it intelligent?  What benefits can we derive from contact with alien life forms?  What dangers could it pose to our way of living?  Increasing our knowledge about other worlds is probably the best method currently available for answering these important questions.\n\nFurthermore, there are pragmatic issues at stake.  The Earth cannot sustain life forever.  Eventually, human beings must populate other planets if the species is to survive.  (Examples of possible global cataclysms rendering the Earth unihabitable abound--at least a dozen blockbuster movies in the last decade have been based on some type of apocalyptic circumstance.  And though the premises remain remote, on an infinite timeline all possible events approach certainty, i.e. the habitability of the earth will eventually end).  If we are to survive, we must prepare to inhabit other worlds, and in order to do so we must learn about them.\n\nAside from the survival of humanity, another practical reason for seeking information about other planets exists:  the increasing competition for natural resources.  The nature of the system tends toward a more and more efficient consumption of resources.  Since the quantity of terrestrial resources is finite it stands to reason that very soon we will need to seek external resources to sustain systemic growth.  (This is why one of the major functions of the current probe missions is to determine the chemical composition of extraterrestrial bodies--we're looking for stuff we can use).\n\nIn the end, though, the best answer to this question is probably much more simple:  people are curious.
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The world will never be a peaceful place as long as there are material interest as a base of society,it's simple-people are greedy and that meeans that no matter their lack of need they will threat other people for their resources.It isn't fair yet it happens since the begining of the forms of human organisation.
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Human beings are the only species that think that they can 'improve' the environment they live in via 'progress' and 'invention' and 'technology'.\nI suppose this mistaken belief springs from the fact that we believe we are somehow 'superior' and it is our 'responsibility' to re-make the earth according to our stupid specifications.\nUntil we change and begin to understand that the real challenge is to live as much as possible 'in accordance' with nature and in harmony with the environment, we will keep on destroying the world we live in.Then, a time will certainly come when we wont have anyplace to live in anymore and that will be the end of us.