Societal Challenges

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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.

1. Climate Change

2. Environmental

  • Air
  • Water
  • Land Use, etc.

3. Systemic Racism

  • Also called institutional or structural

4. Criminal Justice

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

5. Civil Justice

  • Liberties
  • Racial Discrimination
  • Gender equality
  • Sexual Orientation

6. Guns

7. Digitalization

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

8. Data Resources

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

9. Digital Media

  • Social Media - how do we keep people safe and free? Section 230
  • Streaming Media - news, music, games, movies
  • News - traditional,
  • Fact and narrative bubbles - Public company reporting, Facts and narratives (including predictions/forward guidance)

10. Digital Divide

  • Access & Competencies
  • Telehealth
  • Education
  • Ordering Food, Medicines & Consumer goods

11. 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.

12. Mental Health & Addictions

  • Deaths of Despair (Suicide, Drug Overdose, Alcohol-related)
  • Drug possession crimes vs drug treatments

13. Health

  • Individual health
  • Manage chronic conditions - obesity,

14. Healthcare

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

15. Nutrition Food

  • Food insecurity
  • Food deserts

16. Consumer Protections

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

17. Public Safety

  • Policing
  • Law enforcement
  • Fire
  • Emergency Medical Services

18. Crisis Response

  • Economic Crisis
  • Global Pandemic
  • Natural Disasters

19. Safety 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

20. National Security

  • Homeland Security
  • Cybersecurity
  • Domestic Terrorism
  • Military Threats

21. Globalization

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

22. Infrastructure

  • Transportation – roads, bridges, etc.
  • Energy - electricity, natural gas, etc.
  • Water
  • Broadband
  • Cell Service

23. Energy

  • Renewables
  • Oil, Gas and Coal
  • Distribution

24. Quality Neighborhoods

  • Safety
  • Parks
  • Schools
  • Food

25. Community Resources

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

26. Taxes

27. Research

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

28. Retirement Security

  • Retirement Income
  • Social Security System

29. 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

30. Democratic Society

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

31. Immigration

  • Citizenship
  • Worker Visas
  • DACA

32. Economic Growth

  • GDP, Jobs, etc.

33. 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

34. Jobs

35. 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, harrassment, etc.

36. Employment Transitions

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

37. Workforce Training

38. Entrepreneurship

  • Small Business
  • Business Start-ups
  • Venture Capital

39. Child Care

  • Affordable

40. Primary Education

  • Cradle to full-time employment

41. College Education

  • Student Loans
  • Financial Aid

42. Homelessness

43. Housing

  • Affordable
  • Home Loans

44. Poverty

45. Wealth Inequality

  • Individual
  • Government

46. Income Inequality

47. Income mobility

48. Individual Well-Being

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