What knowledge is the most useful?
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    Because life is short and I was considering how to make the most of my time here. Since learning holds a large part of the value of living- at least in my eyes- I am wondering what knowledge I shall gain and share that will be most beneficial to me and my fellow earthlings.

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    Abel
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    Why does I come before E except after C?
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    I’m not a great speller and the rules I find intriguing!

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    Rebecca
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    The tragic picture of the drowned Syrian toddler, or Kevin Carter’s picture of the starving Sudanese child with a vulture waiting to pounce, lead to compassionate letters about how we deal with the aftermath of the world’s tragedies. But where are the ideas for how we stop these tragedies at their source?
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    Can you tell us how we, the people, convince the United nations to act as a genuine force for good in the world by bringing together the might of the world’s most powerful nations to rectify, at its source, the trauma these individuals are enduring? Or can you suggest other ways we can act? I’m asking this question out of sheer frustration that we can do nothing more than be compassionate to the world’s victims AFTER the event. People power has achieved results before, so perhaps those caring people can do more now – but how?

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    Robyn Maggs
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    Why don’t we have game centres for adults?
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    Sometimes adults get a little too serious and forget to have fun! I would like to see what happens to our work culture and society if game play is more available & mainstream for adults. It would be a great experiment to test the importance of play and creativity and how it correlates to innovation and new ideas for the Australian economy.

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    @planetsuzie
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    How is a good collective decision made?
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    John Briggs
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    How are people okay with eating animal skin?
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    I can kind of understand eating flesh – we don’t even see our own flesh in that way, at least not if all goes well. But skin? We’re covered in it. Gross. Crackly, chewy, stretchy, crispy burnt skin. ‘You gonna eat that?’ Yeuch.

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    @PaperRadio
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    Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the scariest monster of them all?
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    And don’t say “humankind”, that’s no fun.

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    @pinknantucket
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    Who’s keeping track?
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    When I “bags” the last Tim Tam who/what is keeping track? When I “pinch and punch for the first of the month” and then declare “full locks, no return” who/what is watching on? When I go to the toilet during the third quarter who/what is making sure Richmond gets a goal? When I pray for world peace is anyone listening?

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    @petehouly
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    How mature is Australia as a nation?
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    This question is important because it reflects on the debates, thoughts and conversations that occur across Australian society, which influences public opinion and government policy. It is particularly important when we consider ideas about social progress and human advancement.

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    @muchbasillove
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    What are the ethical and environmental issues around lab grown meat, for example, in the future can I still be a vegetarian if I eat “in vitro meat”?
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    Labs around the world are developing lab grown meats. This will change industries related to animal consumption like farming, live export, as well as impacting energy, consumption, and world hunger. The development of this meat is happening now but the public conversation has yet to begin. Let’s start now!

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    @dawngilmore9
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    If a cashless society comes to pass, what will happen to street performers?
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    I’ve already noticed I don’t carry change. So what of buskers – and panhandlers?

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    Jill Callum
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    What’s the point of the relentless self-obsession that social media fosters?
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    Because I don’t understand people’s obsession with sharing their usually boring lives and opinions.

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    Marie Alafaci
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    Is it okay to give in to peer-group pressure if your peer-group is nicer than you are?
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    @reallykazcooke
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