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* Entrepreneurship - start a business, seed a startup
 
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* Equity vs. Equality  
 
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Revision as of 07:38, 14 March 2021

Return to GC Chapters Societal Challenges List - See Institutions
Decisions must be made in context to the Societal Challenges and try to avoid unintended consequences. See Sustainable Development Goals

1. Climate Change

  • SDG 13: Climate Action

2. Natural Resources

  • Air - pollution, emissions, air quality
  • Water - rivers, oceans, waste, microplastics etc. SDG Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation - SDG 14: Life Below Water
  • Land - forests, grazing, wildlife, agriculture - SDG 15: Life on Land* Fossil Fuels - oil, coal, natural gas
  • Rare earth

3. Materials and Production

  • Packaging
  • Manufacturing - SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 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. Equality

  • Freedoms & Liberties SDG 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions* Racial Discrimination
  • Gender equality - SDG 5: 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
  • Accurate & Timely Data Feeds
  • Data Rights - who owns it?
  • Data Privacy vs Insight
  • Research & Discovery & Insight
  • Machine Learning & AI Intelligence
  • Data Science Infrastrure
  • Data Creation - i.e., collect the 80% - soc
  • Data Standardization - i.e., social determinants of health - collect data for

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 Use

  • Drug possession crimes vs drug treatments
  • Addictions - Opioids
  • Alchohol, Prescription medications

14. Mental Health

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

15. Health

  • Individual health - SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • Life Expectancy
  • Manage chronic conditions - obesity,

16. Healthcare

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

17. Food

  • Food insecurity - SDG 2: Zero Hunger
  • 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. Homeland Security

  • Homeland Security - SDG 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
  • Cybersecurity
  • Domestic Terrorism
  • National Security - 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 - SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Autos
  • Air Transport - airports, etc.
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Trucking & transportation of goods and services
  • Logistics and deliveries
  • Autonomous vehicles, drones, etc.

25. Energy

  • Renewables - SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Oil, Gas and Coal
  • Production and Distribution - SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

26. Quality Cities, Towns & Neighborhoods

  • Safety
  • Parks
  • Schools- SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure* Buildings - facilities - SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 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 and Innovation - SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 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. - SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

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 - SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • 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 Workforce Disruptions

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

39. Workforce Training

40. Entrepreneurship

  • Small Business
  • Business Start-ups
  • Venture Capital

41. Child Care

  • Affordable

42. Primary Education

  • Cradle to full-time employment -SDG 4: Quality Education

43. College Education

  • Student Loans
  • Financial Aid

44. Homelessness

45. Housing

  • Affordable
  • Home Loans

46. Poverty

  • SDG 1: No Poverty

47. Income and Wealth Inequality

  • Individual - SDG 10: Reduced Inequality
  • Entrepreneurship - start a business, seed a startup
  • Home Purchase

48. Enablement Opportunity (Individual)

  • Income mobility
  • Fairness & Equity
  • Equity vs. Equality
  • SDG 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

49. Individual Well-Being

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