Buckminster Fuller stated in the 1970’s that we had the ability to end poverty by the year 2000. He proved his case by developing a resource flow map called the “Dymaxion™ Map". The map was a map of the world displaying world resources, allowing "players to strategize solutions to global problems, matching human needs with resources.” (Footnote below.)
We may not have eliminated all poverty, but I was pleased to
read in The United Nations 2012 World Happiness report that:
The developing
countries have successfully cut the overall poverty rate by half comparing 1990
and 2010, from around 44% to 22%. Page 9 World Happiness Report
The World Happiness Report was developed under the direction
of Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; John Helliwell, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of British Columbia;
and, Richard Layard, Director, Well-being Programme, Centre of Economic
Performance, London School of Economics.
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I know the qualifiers are the words “developing” and “cut”
not world and conquered, yet I feel very hopeful that we are trending in the
right direction. Which brings me to
today’s Dr. Success Challenge: Examine a
goal that you have set that you still have not completely achieved. Measure the progress you have made and set a
new, short term goal that moves you closer to achieving the original target.
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