2. 10 indicators of
extreme poverty,
a caricature of
reality, but
caricatures can
be very
informative –and
provocative!
http://www.toonpool.com/user/4321/files/ronald_reagan_489835.jpg
3. 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
4. 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/
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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/
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. Obviously these problems
aren't (all) exclusive to the
Developed World
Each of these indicators
contains the seeds of great
solutions
