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Problems can be classified as private or public. Private problems are problems that affect a single individual, while public problems affect many individuals or an ecosystem. Public problems can emerge when private problems spill into the public sphere or consciousness.
For example, a person with an ailment could be viewed as having the private problem. However, if many people are discovered to have the same ailment, then it may enter the public sphere. The public sphere will ask who, what, when, where, why, and how: Who has the ailment? What is the ailment? When were they diagnosed with the ailment? Where were they living or working or visiting? Why do they have the ailment? How did the ailment emerge?
Discussing public problems involves face-to-face and online interactions between individuals.
Instructions
"I got 99 public problems...," but in reality, there are a multitude of "public problems" in our neighborhood, community, city, county, region, state, nation, hemisphere, and mother Earth.
The goal of this discussion is for you to post a public problem and reply to at least 2 peer's posts.
Step 1: Write or recordLinks to an external site. an initial post with your public problem
- State a public problem
- Share why you think it is an important public problem to focus on
- Explain at least 1 cause of your public problem is
- Explain at least 1 effect of your public problem is