So, You Want To Save The World? Okay, Let's Save The World!

Hello,

Is that ironic or serious? I am not sure ... went to the website and it seems you are serious after all.

There is no world solution, it is to be understood that the complexity and diversity of human feeling, thinking and acting in its entirety already carries every solution in itself and can be found by the individual without wanting to immediately transfer this personal result to all others.

I am amazed that you take the world problem solvers as role models, nothing else is done by the think tanks with a lot of financial power behind them. They model scenarios and determine an "as-is" state where they name the world problems that you also list on your page.

On that page you ask what would happen if antibiotics no longer worked. Behind this is the assumption that we will all die then because our own developed medicine has become ineffective. This implies that our evolution has done an exceedingly "bad job" and made us so vulnerable to environmental influences, so to speak, that we cannot live at all without artificially produced preparations. I would say that the opposite is the case. We live extremely effectively and in co-existence with viruses and bacteria in symbiosis and if we were not able to do this, we humans and animals/plants would not exist because they all live in symbiosis with microbes.

My personal view of the world's problems is that I will not solve them and neither will anyone else, no group, no government, no united peoples or nations. It is a more philosophical spiritual task to confront the so-called problems of life.

You may like that, it takes a more humorous approach on "world problems":

https://hive.blog/humor/@erh.germany/group-dynamics

Greetings, I hope you are well,
The way I feel about it is that most of the problems our world has today are temporary. Future generations will have to face their own problems, and they may even look back at our current issues with a healthy dose of laughter. But the fact is that we do have problems in our world. The cause-and-effect of having a problem is that we either solve the problem or we suffer from it.
I appreciate your point of view, it's refreshing. But personally I would prefer to spend the effort on the world, I think it's worth it. Solving a problem in the world is not impossible, any one of us can do it, we don't even need to be elected. The downside of making the world a better place is that good times can make some people go bad, it's a balance that's built into the human race, and it's one of the reasons why I believe that people in the future will have their own problems no matter what we do. But that's a problem for the future to solve.
About the issue of our antibiotic medicines losing the arms-race against the biological evolution of germs, I'm sorry but it's inevitable, although it's not binary; it won't happen all at once and we won't all die, but it will make Covid-19 look like a dream. The truth is that viruses and bacteria evolve very quickly and we won't always be able to keep up with them. What makes it worse is that antibiotics (even the antibacterial soaps) don't always kill all the germs, which leaves only the strongest germs to repopulate without competition from the weaker germs.
Scientists have known about that problem for decades, and they still don't know what to do about it. But all it will take to solve it is one viable idea. Nobody has to fight anyone over it, there won't be any high-speed car chases, there's no person or government standing in the way of a solution to that problem. Al it will take is someone putting the effort into thinking of a solution. But then what?
Let's say or example that you figured out a way to solve it, for the sake of argument let's say the solution is to stop using most antibiotics unless they're required to save the patients life and instead treat most infections with something like colloidal silver while boosting the immune system with certain medications and medical procedures like blood-oxygenation. So, now there's an idea for a solution, but then what? You should tell someone, shouldn't you? What's the point of having an idea that could change the world or save lives and just keeping it to yourself? To me that seems like a tragic waste.
I respect that you may prefer to look at the act of problem-solving from a spiritual perspective that you deal with internally, there's a lot that can be accomplished that way. But some problems are external by nature. I believe the world may require both (an internal and external approach) from us.

Hello again,

thanks for spending time on my comment. I like to refer to what you've said.

But personally I would prefer to spend the effort on the world, I think it's worth it. Solving a problem in the world is not impossible, any one of us can do it

You don't have a chance other than spending your time and energy on what one calls "your life".
"The world", on the other hand, is a vague term. What do you have in mind, saying "the world"?

Don't you live in a location, differing from mine, deal with people, work, weather, structure, different from mine? Isn't your world something other than my world?

The truth is that viruses and bacteria evolve very quickly and we won't always be able to keep up with them.

If that would be true, man would long have died out. Let me try to give you my perspective:

Evolution cannot be imitated in its complexity. What has taken place in millions of years of symbiosis between all living beings is then supposed to suddenly stop because we humans are supposedly becoming such weak hosts that are not supposed to be able to cope with their many microbacterial inhabitants? Sciences that cannot refer to universal laws, such as gravitation, are theories. A theory is not a law. It is a theory. The virus theory, the bacteria theory may be remarkable, but to believe that man-invented medicine has universal answers to disease, I think is presumptuous. The intelligence of all living things is not as easy to see through as we would like. Saying that we will die en masse from resistant bacteria is in principle no different from saying that we will die en masse from viruses.

Such things seem to be based on the premise that the human body is weakly developed, a fragile, easily killed biological life form. In order to have an adequate response to bacterial diseases at all, we would need to know all the bacteria that occur in order to be able to respond to them with drugs. But we do not. According to your premise, we would not have to experience (have experienced) mass extinction in the future, but already in the past and present.

What you are talking about is the exception to the rule. The life span and change of bacterial life forms and the ability of humans to co-exist in the same way seems to me to be the more compelling evidence that humans as living beings adapt in an amazing way and that you basically cannot separate the evolution of humans from the evolution of microbes because they inevitably belong together. Just take the number of myriads of microbes that inhabit our bodies both externally and internally and then put into perspective how ridiculously few of the microbes harm us in the course of a human lifetime. The interactions of all the processes inherent in the human organism are so amazing that we have no real insight into cause and effect, but are often fishing in the mud. You know very little about what really cured you when you were sick. You may attribute it to medication, but there are countless other factors at play, not only biological but also mental. To try to grasp such things or to believe that they are singular events verges on superstition for me personally.

We know nothing with certainty about the interactions of the organisms living in us, nothing with certainty about the fact that the deadly bacteria you speak of do not come into conflict with the many others that form a counterforce for these very bacteria or else mutate in a clever way from enemy to friend. Everything on this planet is geared towards aliveness. Not to die. That much should be obvious, shouldn't it?

Basically, your lethality theory contradicts the evolutionary orientation towards liveliness. Bacteria that are as deadly as you say would get rid of their own biosphere, it would be an evolutionary dead end.

On the host side, you are not dealing with robot-like, completely identical humans. Because, as I said, everyone has their own unique biome and is always different from other people. In that sense, there are no identical people. In the wonderful evolutionary dance, people on different continents have adapted to the respective climatic and plant conditions.

Of course I can't prove any of this, it's just the things I've read that reflect my interest. But I prefer to believe that it is so, because for me it offers the better, less frightening and also more peaceful view. That we humans are in a co-existence with everything that lives, which is directed towards life and not death. This inevitably comes anyway and is just as much a part of the cycle as everything else.

In summary, I would say that health is the rule and illness the exception. If you turn it around, then one prepares hell on earth for oneself.

Thanks,
When I talk about the world I'm just referring to the environment around us. We may live in different places, but it's the same planet that we share. But as for solving problems in the world, I'm sorry but I disagree with your opinion. Just because something is out there doesn't mean it's impossible to change.
Say for example, if Bob said he were starving and Alice gave him some money to go eat, that's an attempt to solve a problem (it may not be a huge problem to most people in the world, but it matters to Bob). What Bob does with the money is up to him (he might spend it on food or maybe he'll just go to a bar and drink) so it might not end up being a solution, but once it's out of Alice's hands that's when there's nothing she can do (in that case she only failed to solve his problem when he's rejected her solution).
I guarantee Alice had a chance to help Bob, but maybe her problem was that she was too generous to people who she shouldn't have trusted with money. In that case maybe Bob ironically solved Alice's problem by wasting her money, she will have learned from the experience.
Is that why you say that I have no chance to solve any problems in this world? Are you my Bob (solving my problem of being overly-optimistic by discouraging such folly)? Because if so and you do succeed in that attempt then you will have proven me right by solving a problem that was out there in the world. :)
Problems don't need to be big just to be worthy of solving. But most of the smaller problems don't usually take crowdsourcing to find a solution. That's why I made Think Tank Green. I'm not trying to seek attention, or impose my thoughts and feelings on anyone. For me the website is an effort towards a goal. You may say that my goal is futile, but it's really a collection of many goals. I don't expect that every problem out there will be solved, but some of them might, and even if only one problem is solved then it will have been worthwhile. And I don't even expect to be the one who solves the problems, the whole point of Think Tank Green is that anybody can join and tell the world about their solution ideas.
In regards to the super germs here is a google search:
https://www.google.com/search?q=super+germs
I'm sorry if it's a scary or uncomfortable topic, I'm not trying to disturb you. But I believe it's an important issue. Humans have been waging war against microbes for a very long time, it's only natural that the microbes would fight back.

Hello there,

who are you talking to right now? To me, aren't you? We both- you and I, we live right now, right here not in the same place it seems? I don't know where you live, I live in Germany. Of course, it's the same planet, I might as well say the same solar system and even the same Milky Way and the same galaxy.

What does that change about the real fact that you and I don't live together, for example, in the same house? We don't have the same parents, we don't have the same family history, we don't have the same siblings, we don't have the same friends, experiences, educations, it seems, different beliefs, and and and. We are clearly different from each other, can you agree with me on that? You are not the same as me in any way, except in a general sense. You are a human being, I am a human being. We live on a planet that makes aliveness possible.

I never said that you (and I) should not solve problems, on the contrary, please read more carefully, I said "you have no choice but to spend time and energy on your life", which implies that of course you have your problems and want to solve them.
Rather, I am confirming you that you are capable of solving problems for yourself in the best way for you, because only you can tell exactly when something is dissolving or solidifying for you. No one else can.

Are you my Bob (solving my problem of being overly-optimistic by discouraging such folly)? Because if so and you do succeed in that attempt then you will have proven me right by solving a problem that was out there in the world. :)

LOL, great spin, I'll be your Bob if you want. And might as well be Alice. Same counts vice versa.

It's enough to try to solve what you make out to be a problem for you, basically you've already confirmed that. Problems for me are present situations that occur every day, they are never of a general nature, because there is nothing that repeats itself exactly the same. Everything is different from each other.

For my part, I would like to make the suggestion - and for you this may involve contradicting your concern for a think tank - that one does not need to think up solutions in a vacuum "for the world". For my part, I think we live and learn from real stories that have actually happened and have already been used as examples of solutions. I think this is sometimes called best practice, especially when it is not just an empty phrase.

We like to tell ourselves the really good stories in life, especially if they are based on true events. This takes courage, inspired spirits, pioneers who dare to do something against all odds that most would advise against. I don't think you have such a different approach, because every little problem that you solve satisfactorily for yourself is part of the big picture. You can always save the world if you don't want to save it, but dare to go your own way. So maybe, it's only your design and the chosen topics which are funded and occupied from way more powerful organizations and corporations. Are you absolutely hundred percent certain, that this idea for the tank is born out of your own life experience, your drive for having joy in problem solutions?

I'm sorry if it's a scary or uncomfortable topic, I'm not trying to disturb you. But I believe it's an important issue.

Hmm.. I think it disturbs you more than it disturbs me. I hope I could deliver my perspective on germs in the above comment and what I wanted to make clear that I am not afraid of germs or viruses. I find it less important, that's all. I don't share the notion and try to avoid the warlike language which sneaked into this matter.

Have a good ... morning (?) evening (?)

Is it the name of the site that you don't like? It's just a forum. Sure, maybe the name is a little pretentious, it's not a 'real' think tank; it doesn't have any funding, it's not propped up by any intelligence agencies, and far from keeping everything secret it's actually very open and transparent.
But like I said in the original post, if you have a suggestion for something to change about the website then I would be happy to hear it. But so far all I'm hearing from your suggestions are that I should give up, or that the idea of the website is somehow wrong because it doesn't conform to your beliefs.
The thing I don't understand is that Bob's never seem to work so hard at being Bob's, but you seem to be putting a lot of thought into what you write. So it makes me curious, what motivates you to convince me to agree with you? Would it really be so bad if someone actually did solve a problem?
You might appreciate this, your argument kind of reminds me of this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnHR4Lexngc

If you think about it: Is it really relevant to you whether I like your idea or the name for your website? For me it is not about convincing you of the opposite of "problem solving", I myself am a person who encounters problems every day, why should I be interested in not wanting to solve them for myself? This leads me to believe that what I consider to be my problems cannot be solved by you and so I conclude that I am also incapable of solving yours. For me, problems are primarily personal, they start with me and in my immediate environment.
So how would it be if everyone who makes up a problem starts with themselves? Wouldn't it then also be the case that the small solutions to problems play their part in solving the so-called big problems?

What you may not know about me, but I want to say more clearly now, is that people with power and money have left their personal level and set out to solve the world problems that they think can be solved centrally. These people scare me. They make their own problem everyone else's problem. They drag millions of people into their ideas of solutions, even though no one has given them an official mandate to do so. They openly run think tanks, they don't keep anything secret, but openly state what they intend to do as a world problem solution.

Your approach immediately reminded me of these powerful people, the design, the headline, the themes immediately gave me the impression that you are under the spell of their influence and have made their ideas yours. If you tell me I am wrong, I will accept that.

Is it now a bit more understandable to you why it seems that I am not interested in problem solving? What is not true.

The other aspect is that my supposedly negative feedback would not discourage you, that you would take my scepticism as an incentive to be enthusiastic about your cause without being disappointed. For me, when I encounter counter-arguments, I either question my stance or intention, weigh it up or am imbued with the inspiring spirit to go my way anyway. It is a good exercise to put yourself and your ideas to the test.

Would you agree that there are enough people out there who immediately shout "awesome!" but are obviously not really interested in dialogue? Or who shout "Yes, everything is terrible, we have to put an end to it!" but you still feel alone with your thoughts and intentions?

I don't want to convince you to agree with me, such things seem to be more of an obstacle between people. In the field of tension of disagreement, remaining friendly and turned towards the other person is certainly an art. You blogged a post, I responded to it. Isn't that what you had in mind, to get a reaction?

So, no, don't give up. I never said you should give up your idea. Instead, I am taking my time to discuss the matter in a deeper way. I appreciate that you sense there is more to it than it looks in the first place. So I thank you.

That's pretty specific for a phobia but I understand, personally the thing that scares me is folks who take people's tax money as payment for lying to people (#politicians [I know they have a mandate, but that's kind of the problem when all they care about is winning their next election at all costs {but I don't know, maybe German politicians are better than the ones here<?>}]). I'm sorry if I upset you though, that wasn't my intention.
Who is this think tank person who scared you? And how did they set such a bad example of wanting to do the right thing? There must be a story there. But I don't think the person you described sounds anything like me though. I'm not rich or powerful, I've never even had much ambition for such things. I made the website because I was bored. And I wrote the article here because I wanted to invite people to use the site.
Anyway, I'm sorry for bothering you. Let's be friends.

Yes, of course, I think we can be friends and stay friendly.

I would not describe my anxiety as a "phobia", that is a pathological term and I am not ill :)

We are, as I see it, in the middle of getting a dictatorship here in Germany. The whole corona affair has taken its course and the government behaves so obviously illogical that I am sometimes speechless. They practice silence when they are asked questions by journalists who do not run the line with them. The institutions, ordered by the government give one sentence answers when asked more details about facts, numbers and giving reason to their decisions. I tested myself various institutions and asked critical questions. I received either propaganda speech (copied and pasted from hysterical media articles) and after insisting to get more into the specific details I received no answers whatsoever. This happens land-up and land-down.

The political situation here is worse than I thought. I always knew that politics is making deals with the big players, and I guess, everyone knows that. Why wouldn't we know it? We see it in the laws and political decisions made. That's not a secret. You see it in the way taxes are used. People are not dumb.

You never heard of the Think Tanks? Sorry, I was assuming that you would have knowledge about them in one or the other way. It would lead too far to give you the superstructure of what I was reading and understanding through the course of a 50 year old lifetime.

I trusted from the first moment I encountered you that you are not a "bad boy" :) please believe me. It's a difference to be reminded of something or to think that the reminder is of the same mentality, no?

My point is that those with power have a lot resources to make people believe that what they think is their own idea actually is not. This included a little insult for you, but I think we came to terms that I am not an insulting person and neither are you.

You are not bothering me at all :)

Bye for now.

P.S. Oh, I still don't know where you are located. Will you tell?

Thanks, it's nice to meet you. I'm from the United States.

Did you stop blogging?
Nice to meet you, too. Greetings.

No, I didn't stop, I just tend not to post often. Sometimes it just takes time to think of new ideas to write about. Thanks :)

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