The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Harmful thought

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Negative thoughts

Negativity

Dependence on negative emotions and attitudes

Negative emotions and attitudes

Nature

Negative thoughts and careless words cause harm to others. People respond to these negative expressions and, like a chain reaction, spread their own hurt feelings to others during the course of the day.

Broader

Negative environment

Human destructiveness

Narrower

Personal covert himsa

Unbridled competition

Unwarranted pessimism

Aggravates

Doom-mongering

Mental suffering

Decline in deference ^{[in 8 loops]}

Behavioural deterioration ^{[in 2 loops]}

Organizational empire-building ^{[in 3 loops]}

General obstacles to problem alleviation ^{[in 5 loops]}

Promotion of negative images of opponents ^{[in 1 loop]}

Misdirection of human energies and desires ^{[in 4 loops]}

Aggravated by

Inappropriate attitude

Increasing job monotony

Non-acceptance of reality

Negative effects of rejection

Lack of intimate relationships

Massive psychic traumatization

Ill effects of educational failure

Collapse in the meaning of participating in society

Strategy(ies)

Affirming positive

Using negative emotions and attitudes

Observing though process

Value(s)

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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.

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