Problem
Overemphasis on self-sufficiency with respect to interdependence
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Non-participatory financial prioritiesSelf-centred business
Individualized trading patterns
Individualized marketing practices
Fragmented marketing practices
Individualistic land holding
Individualistic economic practices
Individualism as a restriction of effectiveness
Nature:
An extreme emphasis on the importance of self-sufficiency causes the individual to underestimate his interdependence with others across the world. Education, welfare programmes, international relations and ethics all share this extreme position, blinding individual and social relations alike to the fact that interdependence is equally important as self-sufficiency. Broader Problems:
Unbridled individualismDeficient communal mandateFragmented agricultural development Narrower Problems:
Uneconomical small farmsUndercutting vendor pricePreferred individual labourOveremphasis on individual rightsPrejudicial community self-relianceParalysis in individual decision-makingErosion of collective memory in traditional culturesMisrepresentation of self-sufficiency as socially responsible Related Problems:
Dominance of economic motivesTrivialization of human creativity Aggravates:
Being a burdenUncohesive business communityShort-term profit maximizationDeteriorating rural community cooperationUndeveloped channels for commercial initiativeIneffectiveness of tradition-bound small business methods Reduces:
Dependence on social welfareInternational economic interdependenceIsolation of neighbourhood shopping facilities Strategies:
HomesteadingPromoting individualismSetting financial prioritiesRestricting effectivenessHolding industrial visionIntegrating marketing practicesIntegrating marketing practicesPromoting self Subject(s):
Geography → Land type/use??Social Activity → Participation??
Commerce → Finance??
Commerce → Trade??
Commerce → Market??
Commerce → Business enterprises??
Societal Problems → Restrictions??
Societal Problems → Dependence??
Cybernetics → Cybernetics ??
Psychology → Behaviour??
Economics → Economic??
Policy-making → Policy??
Design → Patterns??
Individuation → Individuation ??
Value Redistribution → Cooperative??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
18.02.1997 – 00:00 CET