A list of problems humanity faces now would include:
1. The destruction of the biosphere.
2. Ethnic violence.
3. Poverty, including homelessness.
4. Water shortages.
5. Air pollution.
6. Exhaustion of fossil fuels.
7. State terrorism.
8. Alienated youth.
9. Unemployment, precarious employment, and low wages.
10. War, which at this point in history is usually civil war, and which usually involves terrorism.
11. Crime.
12. Drugs.
13. Sexism, racism, homophobia and other forms of illegitimate discrimination.
14. Inflation and economic instability generally.
15. Sexual violence
…. and others.
...But the bottleneck questions are not about what must be done. They are about whether human beings will actually do what must be done.
Howard Richards
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