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Avoidance of reality


Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Cultivation of trivia
Escapism
Narrower Problems:
Self-deception
Structural escapism
Fear of the human body
Meaningless recreation
Non-acceptance of reality
Escapist family life styles
Substitution of fantasy for reality
Substitution of fantasy for reality
Parochial escapist media entertainment
Reinforced parochialism of internal values and images
Reinforced parochialism of internal values and images
Escaping reality through sophisticated shields against life's pain
Nostalgia
News avoidance
Related Problems:
Issue avoidance
Cluttered minds
Children's misapprehension of reality in the media
Aggravates:
Unrealistic expectations
Unrealistic expectations
Conceptual repression of problems
Impoverishment of political debate
Reduces:
Regret
Doom-mongering
Strategies:
Cultivating trivia
Avoiding reality
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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