Poverty, easily. Getting rid of poverty would in turn get rid of a large percentage of crimes. So that's like 2 birds with 1 stone.
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A bit of a stretch here, but everyone not being in poverty implies that there's enough wealth to go around to fund medical research (stem cell, cure for AIDS, stuff like that) so could also lead to improve health treatments.
[QUOTE="Mike-uk"] Why would you prefer to control them? Would getting rid of them not be as good, clarify dude. Getting rid of natural disasters would imply our planet doesn't orbit around anything, which would mean it had died. And that's terrible.
Tsunamis and hurricanes and volcanos (when's the last time you heard of a fuking volcano exploding?) and insignificant to things like crime, poverty and disease.
It's an awful idea, but I guess you tried.
funtimez12345
Because a super volcanoe in Yellowstone just waiting to explode isn't as awful and terrifying and devastating as crime. Poverty and diseases go hand in hand, more or less, with hunger, which would be fixed if the powers of our planet could be harnessed. You clearly didn't read a single line of what I wrote in reply to you and you clearly didn't give it a thought yourself, so, congratulations, you win the Littlest Idiot award.
I don't know, maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way. Something about being born, trapped, and fated to inevitably die in poverty seems a little more severe than the small percentage of the population with schizophrenia (not going to lie, my biggest fear is contracting schizophrenia, its been in my family).
In order for all people to have opportunity, they need to have access to adequate living conditions and a quality education. No one on Earth should be denied that, and I don't see how anyone would pick anything else!
Diseases. While they're all great choices, discrimination and crime can be stopped, it will just take a miracle to do it. We really haven't found success in cures yet.
I don't know, maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way. Something about being born, trapped, and fated to inevitably die in poverty seems a little more severe than the small percentage of the population with schizophrenia (not going to lie, my biggest fear is contracting schizophrenia, its been in my family).
In order for all people to have opportunity, they need to have access to adequate living conditions and a quality education. No one on Earth should be denied that, and I don't see how anyone would pick anything else!
RandomWinner
Well, it doesn't just say mental illness, it says diseases and mental illness. So not only does it include the likes of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and depression, but also HIV/AIDS and cancer and tuberculosis and malaria, etc. And a lot of people in poverty die of these diseases as well.
Poverty, it will help solve the disease and crime problem so it is the most logical choice. Not to mention everyday 16000 children die of hunger and lack of water. About one child every six seconds, which means by the time I have finished typing this post around 6 children have died.
So, people would rather die from murder than of a disease? I choose crime and if I had to be more specific, I would choose abortion. LOL at discrimination. You couldn't live if you didn't discriminate amongst which food to eat. Now, you may say that's not an appropriate metaphor, but I bet most people would discriminate based on handicap when deciding on a sexual partner.
I'd rather be able to put something into the world (preferably something that would contribute to sustainability) instead of simply removing something. If I had to choose from that list I'd go with poverty, as that is a major obstacle to overcoming a lot of the problems we'll be facing in the coming decades with respect to resource management.
human - human interactions seem to be the most problematic issues we have. nature, diseases, and conditions can be eventually overcome or prepared for effectively.
but discrimination is always around, just shifts in form and who the target is over time.
entropyecho
So get to the root of the problem and get rid of humans! We only exist because Earth wanted plastic, and we're good at making it.
Hard to pick, but I'm between diseases and crime. No crime at all means no genocides either or anything terrible, but I imagine it would put a lot of people who dedicate themselves to stopping it out of a job.
Diseases is also a great pick, no more famine or cancer or terrible illnesses that cause pain or anguish in people. It wouldn't necessarily put anyone out of a job, since people will always look to cure things that aren't even problems, trying to live longer or be healthier or last longer in bed or whatever, and doctors will always be necessary when people are hurt.
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