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 is blasphemy so satisfying even though I’m an atheist?

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Goddamit.

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@Tim_Sinclair

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Have things got better?

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It’s just strange that people disagree so much about this.

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Michael Lord

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what does it mean to be ‘wild’ in an urban world?

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Modern existence is tethered to urban environments, but many aspects of human nature don’t fall in neat urban planned lines; whilst activities and initiatives exist to give life to the city, what would true urban freedom, the capacity to grow uncontrolled or unrestrained mean for health and happiness?

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@keelymalady

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Are we on the cusp of a golden age for humanity? Or are we teetering on a precipice of doom?

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This is a question I think everyone should be asking. Your answer to it determines the way you behave in every day life. Optimism breeds a belief that it’s worth getting out there to act on making the world a better place. Pessimism makes us apathetic, and causes us to retreat into dark corners

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@angushervey

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Are we currently in World War Three? Is it possible to label it this now. Or will that come later in the history books?

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We are stuck in the biggest humanitarian crisis since WW2. There are wars all over the place and the world is in ruins. When will we get out of this mess? What realistically needs to be done to create peace in the Middle East and Africa and how much of the unrest is the fault of the rich Western countries?

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Anna

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How would the world be different if men got pregnant?

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In many professions gender inequality is evident by the lack of female leadership at top levels. This is in part attributed to the divergence during mid career progression when women are likely to begin having families. Would the gender inequality debate be flipped on it’s head if men were the ones who got pregnant?

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@CVandestadt

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How can we act with honesty and empathy, and create valuable work, when creative industries demand us to be competitive, often over-committed, and sometimes cynical?

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These things seem at odds, and unsustainable. There has to be a better way forward.

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@samvanzweden

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What happens to Rob and Sharon’s baby?

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I am still in shock at the final ep of Catastrophe. Rob Delaney HAS to tell us!

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@emsexton

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Does society need to face up to its diversity rather than fear losing its privacy?

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Suppression of information is a means of maintaining power structures. Society prefers to pretend we all conform to an imagined standard rather than accept its own diverse nature.