Topics Distinguish TruthPhysical Laws Serve People
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What should be the purpose of our institutions and our lives if not to serve people? Can we
find better ways to distribute wealth? Ensure liberty? Can we ever love one another?
The capitalistic marketplace is the most efficient way we know to organize the factors used to produce goods and
services. If it has a weakness, it seems to be that the distribution of
wealth is uneven. Unintended consequences from meddling with markets often outweigh expected benefits.
Social institutions have not found useful solutions to the problems
caused by diversity and increased population density. Poverty remains the number one problem
facing diverse societies worldwide. Genocide, racial tension, and crime are
but symptoms.
Liberty remains an elusive goal for most and a fading memory for some. Freedom bought
with patriot's blood has been replaced by a sense of security bought through a steady
erosion of privacy. Political institutions face imperatives to maintain their power to survive rather than to serve.
Love is something that people do. Individuals act with great
compassion. If we could get our institutions to do the same we'd be
miles ahead.
Social institutions do little to promote individual happiness and growth. As our wealth increases and basic survival needs are met, greater emphasis on Maslow's higher levels of satisfaction should become goals of our social institutions.
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Collective Insanity
: Insanity is a legal term that has to do with the ability to distinguish Right from Wrong. Psychosis is a medical term that talks about an organism's behavior in terms of norms and ultimately in terms of survival.
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Copenhagen Consensus
: How would the experts prioritize the problems humans face in the world of 2008? Their recommendations include some pretty basic stuff. As you look through the list below you might be suprised to find these are still important problems. In an age of trillion government bailouts could you imagine that an international effort to deliver $75 billion to these priorities is more important to more people than....well almost anything?
If you were wondering how you might express your love, the experts have spoken.
SOLUTION 1 Micronutrient supplements for children (vitamin A and zinc) 2 The Doha development agenda 3 Micronutrient fortification (iron and salt iodization) 4 Expanded immunization coverage for children 5 Biofortification 6 Deworming and other nutrition programs at 7 Lowering the price of schooling 8 Increase and improve girls’ schooling 9 Community-based nutrition promotion 10 Provide support for women’s reproductive role 11 Heart attack acute management 12 Malaria prevention and treatment 13 Tuberculosis case finding and treatment 14 R&D in low-carbon energy technologies 15 Bio-sand filters for household water treatment 16 Rural water supply 17 Conditional cash transfers 18 Peace-keeping in post-conflict situations 19 HIV combination prevention 20 Total sanitation campaign 21 Improving surgical capacity at district hospital level 22 Microfinance 23 Improved stove intervention 24 Large, multipurpose dam in Africa 25 Inspection and maintenance of diesel vehicles 26 Low sulfur diesel for urban road vehicles 27 Diesel vehicle particulate control technology 28 Tobacco tax 29 Global Warming R&D and mitigation 30 Global Warming Mitigation only :: Continue reading...
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Economic Topics
: The 35 million Americans living
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Love one another
: The Torah teaches: "When an alien lives with you in your land, do not
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Minority / Disadvantaged Set Asides
: In a majority African-American city like New Orleans what logic does it take for the ruling political party to use minority / disadvantaged set asides to award contracts to African-American firms.
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Proposal for an Amendment 28 - Equal Treatment
: Government shall offer no benefit nor deny any privilege to one citizen that it does not offer or deny equally to all citizens.
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