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Overemphasis on immediate superficial needs

Other Names:
Superfluous needs
Immediate needs mentality
Broader Problems:
Uncoordinated expression of needs
Insensitivity to non-immediate hazards to society
Lack of relationship between social techniques and the needs they address
Narrower Problems:
Personal need for recognition
Failure to plan for long-term consumer needs
Aggravates:
Crisis-oriented funding
Production of non-essentials
Unnecessary personal consumption
Pursuit of short-term gratification
Inadequate response to societal needs
Market indicators' exclusion of human requirements
Strategies:
Altering immediacy syndrome
Emphasizing immediate superficial needs
Deepening understanding of needs
Values:
Overemphasis
Superficiality
Subject(s):
Amenities → Living conditions
Psychology → Psychology
Policy-making → Policy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesGOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
21.12.2017 – 17:28 CET

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.
 

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