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Decisions must be made in context to the Societal Challenges and try to avoid unintended consequences.

1. Climate Change

2. Natural Resources

• Air - pollution, emissions, air quality
• Water - rivers, oceans, waste, microplastics etc.
• Land - forests, grazing, wildlife, agriculture
• Fossil Fuels - oil, coal, natural gas
• Rare earth

3. Materials

• Packaging
• Waste Disposal
• Recycling
• Plastics
• Building Materials - Steel, cement, etc.

4. Systemic Racism

• Also called institutional or structural

5. Criminal Justice

• Jail Involved (20 million people)
• Convicted Felons getting work
• Recidivism
• Drug Possession
• Addiction

6. Civil Justice

• Freedoms & Liberties
• Racial Discrimination
• Gender equality
• Sexual Orientation

7. Guns

8. Digitalization

• Data privacy
• Digital monopolies
• Surveillance Capitalism & Surveillance Authoritarianism - shift from these use cases to societal challenges
• Online security
• Hacking
• Algorithmic bias

9. Data Resources

• the new oil - most important resource to address societal challenges
• Data Rights - who owns it?
• Research & Discovery & Insight
• Machine Learning & AI Intelligence

10. Digital Media

• Social Media - how do we keep people safe and free? Section 230
• Streaming Media - news, music, games, movies
• Fake/Made Up News
• News - traditional, lack of local news
• Fact bubbles - Public company reporting, Facts and narratives (including predictions/forward guidance)
• Narrative bubles - news fits into a narrative

11. Digital Divide

• Access & Competencies
• Telehealth - lack technology and skills
• Education - lack of computer, broadband
• Ordering Food, Medicines & Consumer goods
• Cell service
• Broadband
• Satellite
• Cable

12. Public Health

• Global pandemic - including protecting front-line workers health and finance (i.e., paid sick leave)
• Research, vaccinations, education (alcohol, tobacco)
• Worker safety standards, school nutrition
• Track Disease outbreaks, pandemics
• Promote guidelines and legislation (Smoking bans, air quality, seat belts) based on science.

13. Substance Abuse

• Drug possession crimes vs drug treatments
• Addictions - Opioids

14. Mental Health

• Depression, Anxiety, Stress
• Deaths of Despair (Suicide, Drug Overdose, Alcohol-related)
• Parity - Mental Health vs. Physical Health
• Adverse Childhood Events (ACE)

15. Health

• Individual health
• Life Expectancy
• Manage chronic conditions - obesity,

16. Healthcare

• Affordability - Cost
• Access
• Healthcare Insurance
• Coordinated
• Health Outcomes

17. Food

• Food insecurity
• Food deserts
• Nutrition
• Regenerative Agriculture

18. Consumer Protections

• Products,
• Transportation
• Banking
• Home Loans
• Credit Cards
• Food production

19. Public Safety

• Policing
• Law enforcement
• Fire
• Emergency Medical Services

20. Crisis Response

• Economic Crisis
• Global Pandemic
• Natural Disasters

21. Safety Net --> Enablement Net

• Food Stamps
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• Worker's Compensation
• Unemployment
• Social Security disability benefits (SSDI)
• Medicaid & CHIP
• School Lunches
• Housing & Utilities support

22. National Security

• Homeland Security
• Cybersecurity
• Domestic Terrorism
• Military Threats

23. Globalization

• Governments Stability vs Values (i.e., Middle East, China, others)
• Global Conflicts
• Election Tampering
• Domestic Supply Chain
• Cyberseurity

24. Transportation

• Public Transportation
• Autos
• Air Transport - airports, etc.
• Roads & Bridges
• Trucking & transportation of goods and services
• Logistics and deliveries
• Autonomous vehicles, drones, etc.

25. Energy

• Renewables
• Oil, Gas and Coal
• Distribution

26. Quality Cities, Towns & Neighborhoods

• Safety
• Parks
• Schools
• Buildings - facilities
• Food
• Utilities - water, sewage treatment, electricity, phone, internet

27. Community Resources

• Social Capital (Alienated America)
  
• Churches
• Social Organizations
• Essential Services - Food, Consumables, Hospitals, Doctors, Mental Health

28. Taxes

29. Research

• Basic Science
• Climate Change
• Health - Cancer treatment discoveries

30. Retirement Security

• Retirement Income
• Social Security System

31. Political Polarization

• Us and Them
• Functional Legislature
• Populism & Cancel Culture
• Fact & Narrative Bubbles - mask wearing, fair elections, climate change
• Gerrymandering - create threats from extreme left or right of party
• Political Cartel

32. Democratic Society

• Elections - fair
• Open Elections
• Representitive Government
• Mission and Goals - reflect the people

33. Immigration

• Citizenship
• Worker Visas
• DACA

34. Economic Growth

• GDP, Jobs, etc.

35. Economic Sustainability

• Depletion of non-renewable resources such as fossil fuels, metals, and minerals
• Enough food, water and energy – that can support a human population
• Aging Population - Enough young to care for the old
• Workforce - farms, etc.
• Pandemic Disruptions

36. Jobs

• Future of Work
• Middle Income Jobs – Good Paying Jobs
• Labor Participation

37. Employment Protections

• Paid leave - Family, Sick with Covid-19 and need to come to work, can't go to doctor or take family member to doctor
• Gig Work - Employee vs. Contractor - need new classifications
• Workplace environment
• Workforce protections - discrimination, harassment, etc.

38. Employment Transitions

• Job Loss
• Career advancement
• Job Disruptions (Change, AI, Automation, Robots) - global pandemic
  • Retrain, redistribute, Universal Basis Income, reduce hours

39. Workforce Training

• Apprenticeship
• Job traing
• Trade schools
• Retraining and reskiling
• Certificates - Nearly 30 Percent of Workers in the U.S. Need a License to Perform Their Job

40. Entrepreneurship

• Small Business
• Business Start-ups
• Venture Capital

41. Child Care

• Affordable

42. Primary Education

• Cradle to full-time employment

43. College Education

• Student Loans
• Financial Aid

44. Homelessness

45. Housing

• Affordable
• Home Loans

46. Poverty

47. Wealth Inequality

• Individual
• Entrepreneurship - start a business, seed a startup
• Home Purchase

48. Income Inequality

49. Enablement Opportunity (Individual)

• Income mobility

50. Individual Well-Being