Issue: 

Over 99 Problems: context and ways to fix ARE one (or two, I guess)

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Issue Description (Summary):

I'm not sure if the amount of problems facing the world is increasing, but the channels and reach for spreading the word about these problems definitely is. However, problems that are shared may not have enough context to put it in perspective, and either do not tell how to fix it or they don’t make it easy enough to help.

Likelihood & Impact:

    Primary Impact(s):

Impact#DescriptionHow Bad?How Likely?Overall Rating
1Rising levels of anxiety & depression3-Still a tragedy/
9-Sub-Continent (4 Overall)		17-Definitely going to happen/
25-It’s already happened (A Overall)		IV (4A)

    Secondary Impact(s):

Impact#DescriptionHow Bad?How Likely?Overall Rating
2Risk of increasing suicides1-Absolute Worst/
14-Neighborhood (4 Overall)		21-Possibility/
30-In Our Lifetimes (I Overall)		V (4I)
3Many problems are made slightly worse by this2-Freaking Horrendous/
8-Whole Continents (3 Overall)		20-Could happen/
26-Immediate Future (D Overall)		III (3D)

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Potential Solutions:

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Issue Description (Detailed):
  1. There isn’t a consolidated tool/website that lists all the problems out there and helps put them into context.    Agree     Disagree
  2. Our brains are constructed to focus on what's new, and it takes training & effort to put new problems into context.    Agree     Disagree
  3. There isn’t a good way to jump from hearing about a problem, to figuring out how to fix it.    Agree     Disagree

Potential Root Cause(s):

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Additional Context:
  1. The human brain is wired to pay attention to information that scares or unsettles us (known as the "negativity bias").    Agree     Disagree
  2. A study after the Boston marathon bombing showed that a group that had watched more than 6 hours a day after the bombing had more stress than those that were even at the bombing.    Agree     Disagree
  3. The average American spent around eleven hours every day looking at screens in 2018 (assumes this makes it harder to avoid news/problems).    Agree     Disagree
  4. When one website – the City Reporter, based in Russia – decided to report exclusively good news for a day in 2014, they lost two-thirds of their readership.    Agree     Disagree
Metrics/Studies/Sources:
  1. Suicide and Self-Harm Injury Statistics (measured by CDC-See Ref 5).    Agree     Disagree
  2. Depression Statistics (measured by CDC-See Ref 6).    Agree     Disagree
Additional Research Needed:
  1. How easy do these "popular problems" typically make it to solve or make the problems better?    Agree     Disagree
  2. Is the amount of problems facing the world actually increasing?    Agree     Disagree
  3. Is the news making us less happy?    Agree     Disagree
  4. Can we track "popular problems" (how much press a particular issue is getting)?    Agree     Disagree
References:
  1. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200512-how-the-news-changes-the-way-we-think-and-behave    Agree     Disagree
  2. https://www.pnas.org/content/111/1/93    Agree     Disagree
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli    Agree     Disagree
  4. https://time.com/5125894/is-reading-news-bad-for-you/    Agree     Disagree
  5. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm    Agree     Disagree
  6. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/depression.htm    Agree     Disagree
Hashtags:
  1. #HowCanIFixIt     Agree     Disagree
  2. #MakeHelpingEasier    Agree     Disagree
  3. #ProblemsNeedContext    Agree     Disagree