The extreme poverty of the developed word

The extreme poverty of the

“Developed World”

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10 indicators of extreme poverty, a caricature of

reality, but caricatures can

be very informative –and

provocative!

Segregation High levels of migration create a huge potential cultural richness, but this is usually lost by segregation and exclusion

http://www.businessinsider.com/maps-racial-segregation-america-2011-12?op=1

Individualism “We tend to see ourselves as self-determining, self-conscious agents in all that we decide and do, and we cling to that image” - Firmin DeBrabander

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/18/deluded-individualism/

Lifeless Cities Most “developed” cities are lifeless, designed for cars, they lack liveliness and spontaneity. Live is prefabricated and formulaic.

http://library.duke.edu/exhibits/pivotal-books/images/death-and-life-of-cities.jpg

Dominant Worldview Dominant values are transferred through mainstream mass media, movies, music, art. Simplistic stereotypes are fabricated about alternative cultures.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15989_hollywoods-6-favorite-offensive-stereotypes.html

Depression and Addictions "The rates of depression have been going up over the last several decades, in most industrialized nations“ Dr. Richard Friedman -Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Cornell University

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57399521/examining-the-broad-reach-of-depression/

Increasing Disparities Economic disparity, environmental impact and social anomalies

http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/ http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI/countries?display=map

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

Criminal Minds “More than 30,000 people are killed in the US by firearms (…) Over 38,000 people in the US die by suicide every year”

http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewpage&page_id=050fea9f-b064-4092-b1135c3a70de1fda http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20130201-webgunstats1.png.ece/BINARY/w620x413/webgunstats1.png

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map

Materialism & Technology Dependency “Since 1985 Americans have become more socially isolated, the size of their discussion networks has declined, and the diversity of those people with whom they discuss important matters has decreased”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/cell-phone-addiction-instant-messaging-impulsivity-_n_2213086.html http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/18--Social-Isolation-and-New-Technology.aspx

The cost to the rest of us What Developing Countries get: resources depleted, imported pollution, projectiles aimed, educated elite migrate, cultures lost, youth indoctrinated...

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/electronics/the-e-waste-problem/where-does-e-waste-end-up/?accept=2180111e260fe54108b4f7cd0b188f4d

Global Isolation Imposition leads to isolation, ridicule, and ultimately hatred and polarization from people around the world.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/57669963/Team+America+World+Police.png

Obviously these problems aren't (all) exclusive to the

Developed World

Each of these indicators contains the seeds of great

solutions

Blog “First World Problems”

http://first-world-problems.com/