World's Biggest Problems

1. Hunger and starvation in poor parts of the world, and even richer parts of the world like the US in the Appalachians. As agricultural tech increases, and we are able to exploit GMOs for larger crop yields and tougher plants, I believe we will be able to increase global crop yields and bring these crops to more remote, poorer locations.

2. Racism in the police force is leading to the death of hundreds if not thousands of innocents in the US alone. Stricter monitoring of the police force and, although this is a bit morbid, older generations dying off will hopefully lessen this as time goes on.

3. The spread of infectious diseases like Ebola that are slow to get vaccines due to initially limited visibility and 'profitability'. If Ebola was a disease that had been present in the first world for some time, it would almost certainly have had a vaccine for years. But since until recently, it was a low-profile killer in unseen parts of the world, no one cared enough to put the money into a vaccine or treatment. Greater, apolitical support of charities and groups like Doctors Without Borders and MSF will be required to stop this sort of event in the future.

4. The growing disparity between lower and upper classes in the US is quickly becoming more of an issue. As ultra-rich interest groups use political connections and lobbying to keep tax rates low under the guise of helping job creation, the gap continues to grow. Better, scaling tax policies and health care for poorer classes would help fix this.

5. Climate change is another problem our generation is facing. Its an interesting problem because it both happens slow enough for people to ignore and there are segments of politicians that spread misinformation to further their own ends. Increased reliance on green, renewable energy resources is the best bet to lessening this change.

6. Strife in the Middle East is still claiming many lives and causing tons of destruction. It seems to be primarily caused by religious and political strife between different ideologies. Honestly I don't have any good ideas on how to solve this, the complex interlocking of dozens of factors is too much for me to really understand enough to know how to untangle.

7. The rising price of higher education is a big problem in the US specifically. To make matters worse, its coupled with the increasing necessity of college education for almost any job above minimum wage, even jobs that did not previously require said education. I think providing extensive financial support or free public college will be key to fixing this.

8. I think substance abuse and addiction is another global problem that doesn't get enough attention. Millions of peoples lives have been ruined by drugs and prescription drug abuse. Greater control of these drugs and wider access to care and support will be essential to combating this.

9. Conservation of important habitats is increasingly important as industry continues to expand. Without proper conservation, innumerable unique species and life will be lost. In order to combat this, I believe greater restrictions and sanctions against development in these areas will help.

10. The abuse of workers in countries like China is abhorrent. Factories used by major global corporations like Apple have terrible working conditions and tons of worker suicides. I think that we as a society need to be harsh in punishing and discouraging companies from using these sorts of factories, and also countries like China need to enact better worker protection laws.