Most significant challenge faced by society

Convicting rapists and murderers

Are you saying that forming a good justice system is the challenge or the actual convicting of these people?

Am curious to know what you guys think. Personally, I think it's overcoming boundaries. These days, everyone wants to belong to a group but the mere existence of these groups creates bias and thus, inequality.

That's an interesting thought. On a global scale I would say climate change - that the world is changing faster and sooner than many of us realise. And this will have many knock on effects to the way we function as a society e.g. compromising global food security, more dangerous climatic conditions, conflict, destruction of valuable ecosystems. On a more individual level, I think the rise of digital technology has lead to a decline in personal interaction amongst people, with a detrimental affect on our mental health.

Didn't they disprove that climate thing? Like, isn't it part of a normal cycle that nature goes through that goes through every now and then. Theres pretty good data to back it up too.(am not a disbeliever, I just like to look at both sides) But what do you think?


On the technology issue though, your absolutely right. People like to use technology to put down others while hiding behind their screens as well.

Didn't they disprove that climate thing? Like, isn't it part of a normal cycle that nature goes through that goes through every now and then. Theres pretty good data to back it up too.(am not a disbeliever, I just like to look at both sides) But what do you think?


On the technology issue though, your absolutely right. People like to use technology to put down others while hiding behind their screens as well.

Ageing population, by a long way really. Every aspect of our society will be impacted by the fact that the number of people needing £30,000+ per year just to keep them alive in a nursing home is greatly increasing vs the number of people able to earn said £30,000 is decreasing

Of course you can stop working any time you want, but don't expect younger people to pay your bills!

I mean... that's exactly how it currently works. 'Retirement age' simply refers to when you are allowed to claim your pension.

How would you determine when someone is able to claim their pension? Based on yearly health assessments? Sounds very bureaucratic and open to abuse...

That's true. But in any case, I think people should be in work for longer to reduce the dependency ratio. What I'm more concerned about is how much investment is being poured into old people. Retirement homes are popping up left, right and center. Meanwhile, schools are struggling - the secondary school I left last year (one of the best in the area supposedly) probably has something like a 40% staff turnover rate per year. We should be investing in the people that will be bringing in the money in the future.

Automation. Killing jobs at an astounding rate. Even jobs that require significant human interaction are at risk. News reports could soon be read by automatic voices, your eldest relatives could soon be cared for by a robot, your children could even be taught by a machine. And when will we reach the point of no return where we give AI consciousness, meaning that it could learn how to protect itself and destroy humans?

Automation. Killing jobs at an astounding rate. Even jobs that require significant human interaction are at risk. News reports could soon be read by automatic voices, your eldest relatives could soon be cared for by a robot, your children could even be taught by a machine. And when will we reach the point of no return where we give AI consciousness, meaning that it could learn how to protect itself and destroy humans?

So no one has to work any more? Awesome.