Global participation,
World Changing Ideas
From 600+ submissions, 50 questions were selected and submitted to the world for a vote that would surface the top ten most important questions in the world today. The winners will be bolded March 4th when the questions are announced, but every question is worthy of conversation. Use them freely. By asking anyone, anytime, what they think about one of these questions, you are hosting. You are making the world safe for human brilliance and care to show up. When people are asked an honest question, and listened to, they are given the gift of mattering. Blogs soon be set up for the top ten at the Conversation Week website. Please check back!
- What can we do to reduce or eliminate violence in the world?
- How can intangibles like values and beliefs tangibly contribute to solving the problems of our times?
- What will it take to achieve world peace? Not just end war, but wage peace? What would a peace army look like, and what would it do?
- What have your found works to open another's mind to what you have to say, especially if they think they already know?
- How do we shift from "Me" to "We" on both the local and global levels?
- How can we take responsibility for making a better future without making others wrong?
- What kind of leadership does the world need now?
- What does sustainablity look like to you? How do we get there?
- The more I learn, the more I find out that everything I advocate has at least an equal downside. How can we do what's right?
- How can we reconcile our commitment to justice with our human tendency to protect our possessions and side with our familiar social group?
- How can those of us who have plenty best fulfill the responsibility we feel for those who can not meet their basic human needs?
- How do we create a culture that is inclusive of all people and beliefs?
- Given how often marriages don't work, what will make marriages work - and worth holding onto - in the future?
- What does compassionate living look like to you?
- What do you hold so dear that you would give your life to it?
- Is democracy right for all people and for these times?
- How can you, as Gandhi said, be the change that you want to see in the world?
- How should we re-invent the political process so that people feel that they have a voice?
- What difference do you hope the upcoming US election will make?
- How can we best prepare our children for the future?
- What helps you have energy and hope in these times?
- What do you most want for our world? What would it take to bring that about?
- When you look back at the end of your life, what legacy would you most love to have left the world?
- How can we balance our personal needs with the most pressing needs of our community and the larger world?
- What do you want the legacy of your generation to be?
- Seven generations from now when the children of the world look back to the work we're doing today, what do you hope they will be talking about?
- Many young people are scared to grow up because threats seem everywhere. What can we all do to rebuild hope for the future?
- What is the economy for?
- How can we create an economy that allows everyone to meet their basic needs?
- How can humanity both continue to provide lives of dignity for its billions while concurrently living within the resource-means of the planet?
- What kind of economic structures can best support a shift to sustainable living?
- How do we provide for the health needs of all people?
- If our world is really looking down the barrel of an environmental catastrophe, how do I live my life right now?
- What makes life meaningful?
- Why are we unethical sometimes and why do we tolerate unethical behavior?
- Is the future friendly? Why?
- If you were king or queen of the world, how would you fix what's wrong?
- What are the questions we should be asking ourselves?
- What do you most need from your community or country right now? What does your community need from you
- What do you stand for, truly stand for?
- What do you consider when you pick a leader? Who are your role models?
- Who are our leaders today?
- What would it take to allow every person to meet their basic human needs?
- How do humans need to adapt to survive the changes predicted for this century?
- How can we stay balanced while responding effectively to the current crises?
- If indeed most of us want peace, why don't we have it?
- What increases trust? How can we have more trust in this era of "the war on terror"?
- What is the difference between holding strong convictions and being prejudiced?
- How can we be open to viewpoints different from our own while maintaining our integrity?
- Can technology be wise? Can wisdom be practical?