How to Achieve World Peace

Article Revised: March 27, 2019

As an assignment in Six Sigma training I asked students to set a timer for 5 minutes and to write down as many ideas as possible in answer to the question: “How can we achieve lasting world peace?” I asked students to think outside the box and to emphasize quantity over quality. Here is a compilation of the ideas received. Since I don’t think we can ever have too many ideas on this subject, please add your own ideas to the list by leaving a comment.

1. Politicians are random selected at birth, trained for common good
2. Free heroin
3. Vote for one world dictator
4. Same education program for all
5. Education on tolerance
6. Redirect defense budget fund to help poor
7. Understanding for causes of grievance
8. Eliminate causes of grievances
9. Genetically engineer the race to be peaceful
10. Develop drugs to make everyone happy
11. Drugs to eliminate aggression
12. Eradicate poverty
13. No countries
14. One country
15. No religion
16. Ban all weapons
17. Nuke all enemies
18. More powerful UN
19. UN only has WOMD
20. UN only has army
21. Politicians/leaders are random selected at birth, trained for common good
22. Be nice to each other
23. Leaders work together
24. Stop stupid wars for weapons of mass destruction hunting
25. Hold bad leaders accountable for atrocities
26. Share our food
27. Stop the oil price games
28. Countries work to become more self sufficient
29. World aid where needed
30. Everyone help in disaster to rebuild
31. Peacekeeping
32. Share the wealth
33. Share medical supplies and expertise
34. End Aids and other epidemics that don’t need to be
35. Educate
36. Respect religious differences
37. Respect status of women
38. Stop actions like Darfur
39. Control and regulate nuclear weapons
40. Eliminate nuclear weapons
41. Use nuclear technology for advancement of quality of life not death
42. Use the military to help and rebuild countries instead of war
43. Use war money to help developing countries
44. Build some trust between the big powers
45. US stop bullying other countries
46. Respect!!
47. Make some plans
48. Get some food growing
49. Get some education growing
50. Save our rain forests and other special lands
51. Use our technology for good not war
52. Be nice!!!
53. World leaders step up for more than photo ops
54. Take care of our children all over the world
55. Take care of our animals all over the world
56. Make sure we are around to care about peace
57. Use the money that is spent on playing in space for development in poor countries
58. Food and medicine to every person
59. Close down Wall Street
60. Fair distribution of wealth
61. Think about other people interest
62. Crack down corporate America
63. Invest in people
64. Respect other people
65. Presidents should refuse power
66. People should love each other
67. People should respect each other
68. People should agree that money is not everything
69. People should have to wish to share resources
70. People should understand that the world is for everybody
71. People have freedom in all countries
72. Eliminate world hunger.
73. Create sufficient jobs.
74. Eliminate social discrimination.
75. Eliminate social inequality.
76. Create a sustainable health system.
77. Preserve the environment.
78. Re-use natural resources.
79. Elevate the educational level.
80. People need to be activists re: war prevention
81. Need better international rules and a means of enforcing them
82. Eliminate weapons of mass destruction
83. Create a collective defense system through the United Nations
84. Figure out a reasonable distribution of wealth
85. Increase education on global ethics and moral rules
86. Increase the influence of the U.N.
87. All religions must preach against religious and ethnic hatred
88. Establish international criminal court to control dictators who use war to rise to power and promote their ideology
89. Do not expose children to violence
90. Train children to resolve conflicts in a non-violent manner

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