The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

The post says that the question of how to “put a dent in the universe” is hard for many people because they do not know what impactful thing they can do. It suggests that the answer is personal and depends on aligning actions with values, skills, and resources.

It presents The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential as a starting point for informed decisions. The encyclopedia is described as a free, open-source public resource from the Union of International Associations, with searchable profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values linked through relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, and relatedness.

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• The post addresses the difficulty of choosing a meaningful way to act in the world and says that this answer varies from person to person.
• It associates this choice with aligning actions, values, skills, and resources.
• The text identifies the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential as a starting point for more informed decisions.
• The encyclopedia is described as an experimental research work of the Union of International Associations.
• The resource is presented as a searchable online platform that connects global problems, action strategies, and human values.
• The connections between the items are made through relationships such as broader or narrower scope, aggravation, and thematic relation.
• The text states that the encyclopedia is free, open, public, and brings together more than 56,000 world problems, 31,000 action strategies, and 3,200 human value profiles.