The document poses a series of questions about how various social, economic and political factors influence societies and communities. It asks how fast food contributes to obesity and the loss of traditional cooking skills. It also asks how higher gas prices, police actions, waste management, war, media and religion shape societies. Further, it questions how the movement of factories, jobs, technology and lack thereof can impact communities.

1. How does fast food spearhead the increasing amount of obesity in America? How does fast food contribute to the loss of traditional knowledge of cooking in the household?

2. How are higher gas prices constraining American habits? How would America handle a dramatic increase in gas prices?

3. How would violence increase or decrease with more police freedom? How does stereotypes affect police decisions and thus influence a societies crime rate?

4. How does waste management affect our relationship with nature? How does toxic waste affect a communities water in or near power plants?

5. How does post traumatic stress of war affect ones impact on his/her society? What if money wasn’t spent on war, and was instead spent on projects and extra funding? How would a country prosper?

6. Will the 2008 election change a cultural norm and shock America into a panic? How is this diverse election going to change peoples views of other races, and gender?

7. How does media affect a societies opinion on the War on Terror? How does to much T.V. affect a societies level of health and thus its effectiveness to function?

8. How does religion influence values and ideas that interconnect a society? Is religion as important to modern societies as premodern?

9. How would the movement of a majior factory to another country affect the communities of both areas? How would new jobs in a poor community change the overall status of that community?

10. How would a collapse in technology, such as cell phones, affect the rate of speed at which Americans function? What if all technology was lost, how would America survive since less then 10% of America are farmers?