I’m not sure if this is a joke or not, but it is a good idea:
Our fellows in the first world often come to visit and give us their well intentioned but often very problematic “solutions”. We thought, why don’t we pay back?
Dx1W is a competition for designers, artists, scientists, makers and thinkers in developing countries to provide solutions for First World problems. […]
The activities carried out under the International Year focus on:
*Reducing obesity.
*Addressing aging population and low birth rate.
*Reducing consumption rate of mass produced goods.
*Integrating the immigrant population.The Dx1W competition is addressed to the developing countries of the world: All creative solutions depend on having a powerful idea. Whether it’s great resources, military, politics or government, power and size are not enough without having a powerful vision. The First World needs our ideas to solve their problems. First World problems demand Simple Third World solutions. From today on The Third World will bring ideas to redesign the future of the First World.
(via Chris Arkenberg)
April 14, 2010 at 6:07 pm
If we aren’t careful, third-world solutions will be applied to first-world problems sonner than we think.
December 1, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Oh, Bill Whitcomb. You totally missed the point, didn’t you.
I’m from the Third World and I spell better than you so it might not be as bad as you presume.
April 19, 2010 at 3:49 am
Thanks for posting!
It is indeed a serious competition, the sarcasm intends to highlight all the bad foreign aid and foreign policies from the first world.
May 29, 2011 at 3:04 pm
cool principle in your own weblog, is it a premium a single
November 4, 2013 at 7:01 am
This is indeed a serious suggestion. Many of the methods developed to deal with 3rd world problems are relevant to the 1st world. Primary health care is one example that is particularly relevant to lower health care costs particularly for the elderly. Restorative justice would help lower incarceration rates. There are many others as well. I know of this because I have worked in developing countries for over 30 years.