Comments on: What Are All Of The World’s Problems? http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/ Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Max http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Max Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:51:05 +0000 http://thetylerhayes.com/?p=149#comment-593 The fact that stupid people can vote. Why is voting considered a right and not a privilege? I mean honestly, all of these problems could be fixed if it weren't for the people who gave sarah palin a fighting chance in the last election The fact that stupid people can vote. Why is voting considered a right and not a privilege? I mean honestly, all of these problems could be fixed if it weren't for the people who gave sarah palin a fighting chance in the last election

]]> By: Max http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Max Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:51:05 +0000 http://thetylerhayes.com/?p=149#comment-171 The fact that stupid people can vote. Why is voting considered a right and not a privilege? I mean honestly, all of these problems could be fixed if it weren't for the people who gave sarah palin a fighting chance in the last election The fact that stupid people can vote. Why is voting considered a right and not a privilege? I mean honestly, all of these problems could be fixed if it weren't for the people who gave sarah palin a fighting chance in the last election

]]> By: Tyler Hayes http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Tyler Hayes Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:29:26 +0000 http://thetylerhayes.com/?p=149#comment-131 Wow, Reid. Seriously. Absolutely a wonderfully thought-out comment. I'm known for picking fights just to try and get people to think through their thoughts more clearly, but I can't find one bit in there with which I would want to argue.<br><br>Quick question though: did you mean "it will never achieve its true potential as long as even a single nation-state REFUSES TO OPERATE on a policy of total freedom of expression?" Wow, Reid. Seriously. Absolutely a wonderfully thought-out comment. I'm known for picking fights just to try and get people to think through their thoughts more clearly, but I can't find one bit in there with which I would want to argue.

Quick question though: did you mean “it will never achieve its true potential as long as even a single nation-state REFUSES TO OPERATE on a policy of total freedom of expression?”

]]> By: Tyler Hayes http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Tyler Hayes Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:26:23 +0000 http://thetylerhayes.com/?p=149#comment-129 Thanks for your thoughts Jake and Andy Hoff.<br><br>Though, Jake, I would still contend that cancer is indeed one of the world's problems. Just because something is a disease doesn't make it not a problem, does it? I'm perfectly fine with extending our list to include all diseases. You're saying that it's not a problem because it's not affecting everybody. So does that mean that nothing else is a problem either, unless it affects 100% of our world population? Even if you respond yes, that argument still doesn't apply as, whether directly or indirectly, cancer DOES still affect 100% of our world population.<br><br>Drew, thanks for your response to Jake. What you added is a perfect example of how we draw the line between the "world's problems" and "humanity's problems," or rather how realistically there is no such thing as "world problems" but rather just our own human faults. Thanks for your thoughts Jake and Andy Hoff.

Though, Jake, I would still contend that cancer is indeed one of the world's problems. Just because something is a disease doesn't make it not a problem, does it? I'm perfectly fine with extending our list to include all diseases. You're saying that it's not a problem because it's not affecting everybody. So does that mean that nothing else is a problem either, unless it affects 100% of our world population? Even if you respond yes, that argument still doesn't apply as, whether directly or indirectly, cancer DOES still affect 100% of our world population.

Drew, thanks for your response to Jake. What you added is a perfect example of how we draw the line between the “world's problems” and “humanity's problems,” or rather how realistically there is no such thing as “world problems” but rather just our own human faults.

]]> By: Reid http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Reid Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:13:03 +0000 http://thetylerhayes.com/?p=149#comment-130 The use of capitalism as a justification for a host of evils perpetuated by organized criminals within both private corporations and government offices.<br><br>Examples:<br><br>1) The proliferation of firearms within the ghetto.<br><br>2) The use of cocaine and opium cultivated by slaves in several regions of the world as bargaining chips by nearly every nation-state.<br><br>3) The homogenization and conglomeration of most forms of media, and the simultaneous decay of independently, locally-produced media forms such as radio and television.<br><br>The major exception here is the Internet, but unless heavy reforms are made in the near future, the nature of the marketplace will cause widespread if not absolute privatization of the means of content distribution, permanently damaging the legitimacy of the Internet as a place of free expression.<br><br>As a forum for the transnational flow of thought, it will never achieve its true potential as long as even a single nation-state operates on a policy of total freedom of expression. Corporations such as Google and Yahoo have articulated their business practices in regards to censorship, and they will continue to practice complete cooperation with individual nations in blocking citizen access to ideological contraband. The use of capitalism as a justification for a host of evils perpetuated by organized criminals within both private corporations and government offices.

Examples:

1) The proliferation of firearms within the ghetto.

2) The use of cocaine and opium cultivated by slaves in several regions of the world as bargaining chips by nearly every nation-state.

3) The homogenization and conglomeration of most forms of media, and the simultaneous decay of independently, locally-produced media forms such as radio and television.

The major exception here is the Internet, but unless heavy reforms are made in the near future, the nature of the marketplace will cause widespread if not absolute privatization of the means of content distribution, permanently damaging the legitimacy of the Internet as a place of free expression.

As a forum for the transnational flow of thought, it will never achieve its true potential as long as even a single nation-state operates on a policy of total freedom of expression. Corporations such as Google and Yahoo have articulated their business practices in regards to censorship, and they will continue to practice complete cooperation with individual nations in blocking citizen access to ideological contraband.

]]> By: Drew Hoffman http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Drew Hoffman Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:26:35 +0000 http://thetylerhayes.com/?p=149#comment-128 Not visiting your sick friends in the hospital. Not visiting your sick friends in the hospital.

]]> By: Jake http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Jake Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:51:30 +0000 http://thetylerhayes.com/?p=149#comment-127 How is Cancer a problem? That is a disease - if you want to list that you better extend your list for all diseases - hard to say that is a problem of the world's when it affects individuals and not the whole. Maybe the way the healthcare system is run, HMO's but I can't agree with "Cancer" on your list. How is Cancer a problem? That is a disease – if you want to list that you better extend your list for all diseases – hard to say that is a problem of the world's when it affects individuals and not the whole. Maybe the way the healthcare system is run, HMO's but I can't agree with “Cancer” on your list.

]]> By: Tyler Hayes http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Tyler Hayes Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:07:55 +0000 http://thetylerhayes.com/?p=149#comment-126 Your first point really intrigues me. Is fear truly a problem? Or maybe just certain kinds of fear?<br><br>Also, out of curiosity (more so my own ignorance), what is the difference between uninformed and non-conscientious consumerism? And is one a potential result of the other? Thanks again for your thoughts!<br><br>What are your thoughts on potential solutions? Your first point really intrigues me. Is fear truly a problem? Or maybe just certain kinds of fear?

Also, out of curiosity (more so my own ignorance), what is the difference between uninformed and non-conscientious consumerism? And is one a potential result of the other? Thanks again for your thoughts!

What are your thoughts on potential solutions?

]]> By: Brenna http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Brenna Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:50:50 +0000 http://thetylerhayes.com/?p=149#comment-125 Fear <br>Lack of Faith<br>Leaving a light on when you leave a room<br>Procrastination<br>uninformed consumerism<br>non-conscientious consumerism Fear
Lack of Faith
Leaving a light on when you leave a room
Procrastination
uninformed consumerism
non-conscientious consumerism

]]> By: Tyler Hayes http://thetylerhayes.com/2008/11/21/what-are-all-of-the-worlds-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Tyler Hayes Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:44:07 +0000 http://thetylerhayes.com/?p=149#comment-124 This is quite the hidden subject in the US, it seems. I remember sitting in a human rights course once that focused mostly on southeast Asia, and was made physically uncomfortable multiple times as we learned just how horrible this problem really is in countries like Burma, etc. You're very wise to note the involvement on a global level of problems like these. No matter how close to home they are, they will always find a way to reach around the world and affect others.<br><br>What are your thoughts on a potential solution to this? This is quite the hidden subject in the US, it seems. I remember sitting in a human rights course once that focused mostly on southeast Asia, and was made physically uncomfortable multiple times as we learned just how horrible this problem really is in countries like Burma, etc. You're very wise to note the involvement on a global level of problems like these. No matter how close to home they are, they will always find a way to reach around the world and affect others.

What are your thoughts on a potential solution to this?

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