Great post @iamviv!
These issues affect all of us. Each are huge topics in their own right. Some times all it takes is tabling a discussion and I would say that at 15 hours in with 188 votes, people are thinking about your post. Step #1 accomplished. I hope you can be patient with this platform. It's still new and great minds, like yours, are needed. Basically, we all have to contribute to the process of creating a new way for the world to function and leave many of our old counter-productive ways behind. Embrace change and be part of it. :)