Global Rise in Negative Emotions including Pain
Books by Steven Pinker and Hans Rosling, among others, and reports from the World Bank and the UN, all argue … Read More
The Global Refugee Crisis and its Resolution
By 2020 the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) reported 71 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, half of whom qualify … Read More
Website Overview
This site is the new home for Ron Anderson’s website World Suffering & Compassionate Relief of Suffering. Ron Anderson, an … Read More
Where in the World is Suffering Extreme?
The Gallup World Poll reveals the worst pockets of global suffering. On … Read More
The Intractable Suffering of the Homeless
Abstract To those living within the central zones of large cities worldwide, homelessness has become a common way of being. Read More
Addiction, Despair, Meaning and Purpose
Like a bomb explosion, the number of American deaths from opioid abuse has quadrupled in four years to … Read More
Healing a Hate Filled World
Hate and hatred describe extreme dislike at a deep emotional level. Anything can be the object, but we suffer most … Read More
The Golden Rule Outlaws Identity Politics
Do you allow the ‘Golden Rule’ to rule your life? Or do you let the pursuit of gold consume your … Read More
What Gives my Life Meaning? Is it Caring?
Meaning as used here refers to thinking, caring and acting with purpose. Purpose refers to goals whereas meaning consists … Read More
Setting Priorities for Amelioration of Global Threats
The first half of 2017 has tossed the world order into a new set of vulnerabilities not previously experienced. We … Read More