Problem
Forced development
Other Names:
Artificially accelerated growth"Bigger is better" syndrome
Nature:
The modern tendency is to regard natural processes as too slow. Progress is fast. Development is forced with everything from children to vegetables to technological solutions. Incidence:
Communication and information technology is turning over new technologies at a furious rate. Rapid rate of growth and size is admired in the business world. Certain forms of paté are obtained by force feeding animals to provoke an organic disorder which grossly enlarges the liver from which the paté is derived. Large, quick-growing tomatoes and factory produced eggs are tasteless. Children have less time for play and barely have an adolescence before they are concerned with getting a training and a job. Broader Problems:
Coercive enforcementFalse assumptions on sustainable development Narrower Problems:
Increasing pace of lifeIncreasing development lag against information growth Related Problems:
HyperefficiencyHazards of biotechnologyHazards of biotechnologyUnrecognized needs for growthGrowing size and impersonality of firms Aggravates:
Unbalanced growthFood tastelessnessUnethical food practicesExcessively large familiesUncontrolled growth of debtUncontrolled growth of debtUnsustainable scale of developmentIrreversible environmental trends Destruction inherent in developmentSocial inadequacy of large buildingsExcessive growth of social expenditureInappropriate design of development projectsExcessive use of hormones in animal husbandryEnvironmental degradation from high-speed roadsIncreasing unsustainability of global developmentSexual manipulation of domestic animals and plants Strategies:
Facilitating sexual rights for plantsPromoting small-scale human societyFacilitating sexual rights for animalsInvestigating "bigger is better" syndromeForcing development Subject(s):
Biosciences → GrowthMedicine → Pathology
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Development → Development
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST