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What does the world need more of? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 89 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Empathy.

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    [–] 31 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Biodiversity.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    We honestly need to be not at the top of the food chain. We'd probably do a little less fighting I'd presume.

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    • [–] 31 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Critical thought.

    That actually solves every other issue in this post.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Except empathy. You can still decide to keep people as slaves when it benefits you and you don't have empathy.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Empathy is critical thinking. Putting yourself in the other persons shoes requires thought and effort, at least to develop it. From there it can become more intuitive.

    The people who omit critical components to their thinking, like other people, beings, the impact on the region and planet, are not critical thinking. At least not well.

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    • [–] 23 points 7 months ago

    Cowbell.

    But more seriously, empathy and an absolutely gigantic reduction in greed.

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    [–] 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Empathy

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    • [–] 21 points 7 months ago

    Quiet spaces. Just sitting and breathing for a while is a valuable activity. It doesn't have to make money to be worth doing.

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    [–] 49 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Evil men facing consequences

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    • [–] 17 points 7 months ago

    Hyraxes

    Hyrax looking at camera, looks angry and is being cute

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    [–] 27 points 7 months ago

    Ugmxw7mpvfm36ya.png

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    [–] 12 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Hope.

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    • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    Imagination

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    [–] 11 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Proper distribution of resources

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    A concept Thanos was too dumb to grasp.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    His motivation in the movies was even dumber than the one in the comics. Seriously have you not understood people can breed? Also with the gems you could make more resources like, forever.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    Also with the gems you could make more resources like, forever.

    Bingo! Although the issue is rarely that there aren't enough resources to go around, it's that some groups hoard them.

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    [–] 11 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Thinking time.

    The first mover advantage is so overwhelming in so many arenas. If we had the time to think we'd probably make much better decisions.

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    [–] 30 points 7 months ago

    Dead billionaires

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    [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    What the world needs now

    is love sweet love

    It's the only thing that there's just

    too little of

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    [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    Less consumerism, more mindfulness.

    Being able to get paid for something you truly enjoy doing so it doesn't feel like work at all, and actually be able to live on the pay you receive.

    And like a lot of others have mentioned, empathy and kindness.

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    [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    Many great comments. I'd like to add green&walkable cities :3

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    [–] 9 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Love, sweet love

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    • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    Kindness and solidarity

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    [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    Guillotines.

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    [–] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Tariffs...its tariffs right?
    Wars?
    Hatred?
    Billionaires?
    Pedo-kings?

    Ok, I'm all out of ideas.

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    [–] 15 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    LOVE

    spoilerLevel Of ViolencE

    IN THIS WORLD, IT'S KILL, OR BE KILLED!

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    • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Love, sweet love. It's the only thing that there's just too little of

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    • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Chill.

    Both literally (global average temperature) and figuratively.

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    [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Tenderness. Where is the tenderness? Where is it?!

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    [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Queso

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    [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Perfect breasts.

    Also, you ARE the Brute Squad.

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    [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Love, sweet love. Not just for one, but for everyone.

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    [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Random access memory

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    [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Selflessness

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    • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    More appreciation for how good people have it.

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    [–] 4 points 7 months ago*

    Love

    Genuinely caring for one another.

    From it stems empathy, respect, caring about the planet, about the ones struggling, and all the good stuff.

    Take care, fellow humans ❤️

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    [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    trees and wild animals

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    [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Love, sweet love, no not just for some, but for everyone

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    [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Love, sweet love

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    [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Integral thinking. Currently only cca 2% of population and desperately needed in even more complex world!

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    [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Komodo Dragons. Apex predators in general. It would do humanity a ton of good if we were being actively hunted at all times of the day. We're built for that. Keeps us on our toes and down to earth.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago*

    Here in Europe we get high quality mixed raw salads rinsed and ready to eat, and while in the beginning I thought "ugh, more plastic packaged food- what for?", now I can't do without them. Five different types of salad in a bag I can just open and pour out with any meal is a godsend, it's not expensive either.

    Edit: Oh, except the vinaigratte, that I make myself obv, I don't trust store bought shit with that level of finesse.

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    • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Brain

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I don't know what the world may need, but I'm sure as hell that it starts with me. That's wisdom I've laughed at

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Kindness

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Positive news.

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    [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Home phones; no shitty portable emotional energy drainers in your pocket.

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    People like YOU!

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    Longevity / rejuvenation / aging-reversal researchers and funding.

    We can already reverse aging in lab and could it bring to humans in wild. But for that we need resources.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    I just don't see why this sort of thing qualifies as a need and not a want. Such a treatment, were it to ever actually leave a lab setting and become a consumer product, would almost certainly be so prohibitively expensive that only the ultra-wealthy could get it.

    Why should our uber-rich overlords get to extend their lives even a single year while there are people starving to death around the world? There are so many better ways to spend research grant money.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Would you say that there is no need for better research for curing cancer just because new treatments will be super expensive, so only uber-rich zilionairs will benefit?

    Probably not. (I hope)

    Aging-caused diseases are really just some other type of health problems that leads to death. And curing such things is what medicine is doing. Heart bypass is a great example of helping to survive such problem.

    And yes, new tech is usually expensive. And with adoption it became not only cheaper but better. Compare first mobile phones that was super expensive and could do nearly nothing to todays cheap smartphone that is more powerful than the computer that helped us to land on the Moon. If you care about health of poor and middle class people, you could rather help to accelerate the adoption, so more people can afford aging-reversal medicine sooner and not suffer from aging.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    I think I see where you're coming from, but I disagree that longevity treatments are equivalent to medical research that seeks to cure diseases.

    The way I see it, everything dies eventually, even the stars above. I think it's one thing to seek to ensure that everyone gets to reach their 'natural' end (i.e. old age) by addressing things like cancer or degenerative diseases, and a totally different thing to artificially extend a lifespan past those natural limits.

    I don't really have logic there to back it up, it's just a different category in my head. The only time I really see this sort of stuff talked about is by loony wealthy people doing crazy shit like stealing their kid's plasma in the name of living longer, which is probably coloring my perception unfairly of real longevity research.

    Edit: fixed a typo and clarification

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Yeah, that's understandable! The society teaches us from early age that there is a distinction between "diseases" and "aging". So this distinction continues in our minds and we hardly ever question it. We learn it by imitation without deep understanding. In most cases it works well and serves as a usable and attention-saving shortcut. And it also may be responsible for prolonging old concepts that need a review.

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    • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Cooperatives and nationalization of key industries.

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Catgirls

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    karma.

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Trust

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    • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    Trans people 🏳️‍⚧️

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    As I understand it, being trans even in the most accepting environment is an uncomfortable experience at best. Even traumatizing.

    I'd love to see a world where being trans is as normalized and accepted as eye color.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    The trauma and dysphoria come almost exclusively from societies attempts to shove us into a box. From being othered, from being told we don't understand our own bodies and minds. Being trans is uncomfortable at times, yes, but so is just being a human being.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Doesn't body dysmorphia exist outside of society though? I don't know if there's been any anthropological study done, but I would assume that it would exist and be traumatizing regardless of the society you were in.

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    • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    A new species that humbles humans.

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    [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    What the world needs now, is another baby
    Oh-whoahoh 🎶

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