11. Paracetamol is the number one reason for acute liver failure (also known as Acetaminophen, Panadol or Tylenol).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1403265/
12. The potential for honey bee and other pollinator species going extinct. This has catastrophic implications for life as we know it. The warning signs have been there for decades. Human activity is suspected to be the main cause.
13. The Australian government is seriously considering letting oil companies drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
This is a huge huge issue.
- 85% of the species found in the Bight is literally only found there. They exist nowhere else in the world
- 36 different types of whales and dolphins live in the Bight, with their breeding grounds in the bight as well.
- Its the heart of the Australian fishing industry, so bye-bye quite a bit of fish if there is an oil spill.
- The Oil spill in Mexico which was the biggest in the world happened in calm waters. The Bight is known for having some of the roughest waters in the world. If a spill occurs in the Bight, it will be almost impossible to contain, and will utterly spoil the entire southern coast of Australia. From Western Australia to Tasmania.
So not only is Australia killing the Great Barrier Reef, but we are also very close (as in 2018 close) in letting huge oil companies come and try their luck in the Bight.
14. Penicillin and many antibacterial treatments are losing much of their effectiveness and will eventually be completely ineffectual.
15. Farm murders in South Africa.
16. Education and healthcare costs are spiraling out of reach of the common man.
17. The Berkeley Pit in Butte Montana is going to be one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history and we have barely more than 2 years to remedy it.
Direct quote from Wiki: “The pit and its water present a serious environmental problem because of the water, with dissolved oxygen, allows pyrite and sulfide minerals in the ore and wall rocks to decay, releasing acid. When the pit water level eventually reaches the natural water table, estimated to occur by around 2020, the pit water will reverse flow back into surrounding groundwater, polluting into Silver Bow Creek which is the headwaters of Clark Fork River. The acidic water in the pit carries a heavy load of dissolved heavy metals. In fact, the water contains so much dissolved metal (up to 187 ppm Cu) that some material is mined directly from the water.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pit
18. Internet privacy. As in privacy in general.
19. The Troubled Teen Industry and the fact that as an American you can legally pay for the right to have your child kidnapped, taken away and abused until they’re compliant.
20. The almost depleted water table in the Midwest. No crops will grow without water being pumped in. It’s approaching soon. Look up water rights and who’s buying them up.
21. Fake bots on social media being used to spread false information.
22. Shrek 5, which will be released in 2019.
23. The people of Flint, Michigan haven’t had clean drinking water since April 24th, 2014.
24. Alcoholism can be easily treated with Naltrexone but because the patent is expired the drug companies make nearly no money from the drug, so there is no reason to tell people. It’s $1 a pill. It also works on opioids. Also, the war on drugs is a massive failure and the US desperately needs to fix its prison system. Seems like what’s most important is whether or not to give tax breaks to the rich currently.
25. Amongst all the sex scandals and controversies in Hollywood; Brendan Frasier’s name remains unsullied.
Psychiatry is failing because although the science is worthy, Individual Psychiatrists do not apply it but instead lean on it as a justification for their authority, and as a consequence their decisions are never ratified. And they rarely face justice or criticism, since everyone is terrified of them, and they can dismiss criticisms from their patients as evidence of relapse, not misdiagnosis. Not only that, the techniques for diagnosis rely on linguistics, but there can be a disconnect between the Doctors’ command of English and the Patient’s own individual vocabulary. It is quite possible for a Psychiatrist with English as a Second Language to bluff their way through their career, if they stick to memorised speeches and dialogues. There is much more to diagnosing a Mental Illness than how a Patient presents in the moment, there is also family dynamics, religious indoctrination, childhood trauma, malicious gossip and sheer bad luck. All this is being steamrollered so that a lot of people who would have eventually recovered and got better at handling life are instead diagnosed, put on medication and kept in a state of arrested development until the boredom drives them over the edge. The Mental Capacity Act 2005 was supposed to address this, sadly Psychiatrists are too arrogant to acknowledge it when it is put to them.
Zack,
We’ve talked about this through several sessions. You’ve missed your last five appointments. Please come in. You will get through this. At our next meeting, we can address your inner-child hatred of an unquestionably reputable profession. I understand that you are frustrated. I’m concerned that you may not be properly venting that frustration, which obviously has occurred from a trauma that your brain is keeping suppressed. Let’s explore that together, shall we?
Dr. Noah Tall
In response to number 24. I’m an alcoholic and have taken Naltrexone, it has a VERY modest impact on most people. It’s not some miracle drug or anything. I honestly couldn’t tell the difference if I was on it or not. Not to say that people shouldn’t at least give it a try, as it is an affordable, easy to acquire option.
Graphine! Carbon nanotubes, to be specific, but Graphine is made with carbon nanotubes. Its the same stuff that vanta black stuff is made of.
It highly conductive, and resists electrical signals less than copper, which is the most common metal used in electronics. If made in industrial sized quantities, it Graphine could replace all the copper/electrical contact points in electronics, making them more efficient, they’ll produce less heat, and presumably charge faster since the Graphine isn’t resisting the current as much.
For real, rich people sohuld be investing money into Graphine production. Just like quantum processing, Graphine/carbon nanotubes is one of the inventions that’ll bring ‘the future’ closer by a large step.
Mass surveillance techniques used in public and private sectors (data mining and facial recognition). In my organization we use vehicle tag readers, and facial recognition on unsuspecting customers hundreds of times each day. We can store that information indefinitely and use it however we want. Police are using vehicle tag scanners to document vehicle locations while on patrol, and keep that info forever. Their scanners can id & log 100 tags per SECOND.
That we live in the safest time in history and bad eating habits are more likely to kill you than criminals, terrorists, and enemy soldiers. I like that