How can we resolve the conflict between the subjective centrality of our lives & awareness of its objective insignificance?
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    @weekly_service
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    Why do we humans so often ignore the “elephants in the room”?
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    Similar to avoiding the important by tackling the urgent. Both citizens and pollies do it, more than is good for us, don’t we?

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    mary voice
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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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    What are the problems that money solves? Are there other solutions?
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    Climate change and the arts are two prime examples of areas where seems difficult to apply this metric-based approach. I am curious about alternatives. What if everyone had a smartphone? Could we something radically different emerge?

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    Emmanuel
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    Yanis Varoufakis, if you have the opportunity to become finance minister again with SYRIZA, would you accept this or not?
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    i made this question because i would like to see Yanis+SYRIZA again as they was.

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    Joey
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    Will we ever reach a point when women are treated and seen as equals to men?
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    Sick of seeing a difference in how I am treated.

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    Rose
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    Would non-combat national service be good for all Australians?
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    It always surprises me how few Australians have seen their country or met people from other parts of it. If we were compelled to make better connections with people from different backgrounds and situations, would we have a better understanding of Australian-ness?

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    Martha Crawford
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    would it advantage all of Australia by changing all the names of our capital cities to their Indigenous language names?
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    Indigenous Australia needs to be associated with the cultural fabrication of daily life. Our landscape is baron of Indigenous indicators.This would make Australians and the rest of the work knowingly participate in Aboriginal culture daily. x

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    Tony
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    Does ‘good taste’ really exist?
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    CouldĀ the legitimisation of the guilty pleasure mean the end of judgmental music criticism (good riddance!), or are new hierarchies of taste emerging?

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    @mrconnorobrien
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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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    Should one use accepted scientific facts or your intuition to form an opinion about a person or issue?
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    Many people form opinions not based on the facts. Women are often told to trust their intuition to empower themselves. Opinions not based on the facts lead to actions. These actions can harm.

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    Sylvie Leber
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    If we were in groundhog day but didn’t realise, every day would be identical. How can one explain ‘free will’ in that context?
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    Sure Bill Murray is awesome but what about poor Ned Ryerson had he no agency?

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    Tim
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    How do we motivate men to participate in a movement to positively change the macho culture?
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    concerns re domestic violence escalating.

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    Barbara Semler
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