What does the world need now.... ???
Feel free to suggest new items to the poll .... we might add them 
What the world needs is different to what people need.
What people need is not the same as what they want.
We also want far more than we need.
Unfortunately it's not having that makes us happy, it's the getting. So once we have, we are then unhappy until we get more.
This is the question of the hour !
Thanks Neo for creating this.
Before I start writing something here, I would like to say this is not to offend anybody or anything, completely its my personal opinion.
If you still feel that you are uncomfortable reading this, I will let Moderator know about that to delete my reply rather than editing it.
Well said Porter, what world needs is entirely different from what people needs !!!
I feel without the people the world is kind of meaningless ( but still always there are other creatures adding meaning to that anyway 
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I assume people to be predominant here and my options are
1) Fear of Sin
2) Gratitude
1 ==> The Absence of 'fear of sin' enables everyone's nerve to do the mistake; pretty well knowing thats a mistake, doing the SIN again knowingly. There is no fear factor in us and nothing reminds us unfortunately that we got to reap what we had sowed to the community.
Remember the returns to the sin is not time bound or perceivable within the scope of our perspective rather its a definitive entity.
This is not about an equation of adding +ve 's explicitly to the already committed -ve 's to neutralize the effect
You have to walk through the two different routes that you have created.
Sins committed in the dark never remains in the dark as many think.
Unnoticed sins will come to light one day for you wont have the strength to force the glowing light that pinches your mistake
Logically, you cannot hide yourself behind the horizon for the mistake you had committed
This is the most wanted fear everybody should have, for it flushes away the idea of momentary flash of committing a sin which really
strains others.
2 ==> Thanks - This word just comes out from the tongue and not from the heart.
Thank you - <U> - still an alphabet and none has been assigned for that when its said.
We take things for granted, for we think we have the right to get everything and its our rights. The conception of rights is definitely not right here.
Why do only a few enjoy the privileges and happiness while rest can't even imagine ? Spite of that why do we keep the word gratitude just as a word. How many do thank the nature for their self less service ?
What really made us to think that we deserve and have the right to have whatever we do have now !!!
The attitude of showing true gratitude would help us realize something like
"Am nothing without you all"Let's be careful and not have any "religious debates"...
Actually, I was hoping to keep the poll (and thread) light (not heavy)......
On the other hand, feel free to express your opinion, but be mindful and respectful of others, since UNIX.COM has been visited by over 200 countries according to Google Analytics!
OK, I added...
Less Religion and "Beliefs" to the poll 
Can you make the poll so you can select multiple things?
Hi Octal,
It's too late to change the poll option to multiple selections, sorry.
So for this poll, select your #1 choice, if you don't mind.
I choose "Less Government". My other options where "Less religion and beliefs" and "Less pollution".
Yes need that this is world of Limited Resouces ..and this Earth which is also a living thing which is at threshold of loosing its patience needs to cooled down ..Or else our desires will kill us at one day.
I chose "Less pollution". The crazy weather that we've had this year... And I'm just going to keep quiet about the religion/beliefs part... 
But @Octal, some government is needed. Its often all that stands between order and chaos... Perhaps we could have another thread where we can discuss this?
Hi blowtorch,
Octal didn't vote "no government" he voted "less government".
I think this thread will be fun if we simply let folks vote or suggest something and not debate or comment on other's opinion.
Thanks.
Its Love that the World needs! Love the entire world. And that will make us do great things!!
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. - Isaac Asimov
Voted less pollution, but i was gonna say ... more cute ... girls!!! 
I picked Love Sweet Love. A lot of the other things can spawn from love, e.g., less pollution, less fanaticism, fewer wars, etc.
could add a V8 engine to the poll!
edited for some content
I don't know what the world mayneed,
but I'm sure that is starts with me.
And that's a wisdom,
I've laughed at.
I don't know what the world may want,
but a good stiff drink it surely don't.
So I think I'll go and fix myself a tall one.
Cause, what the world needs now
is a new kind of tension.
Cause the old one just bores me to death.
Cause, what the world needs now
is another folk singer
like I need a hole in my head.
I don't know what the world may need,
but a V8 engine is a good start for me.
Think I'll drive to find a place,
to be surly.
I don't know what the world may want,
but some words of wisdom could comfort us.
Think I'll leave that up to someone wiser.
Cause, what the world needs now
are some true words of wisdom
like La La La La La
Cause, what the world needs now
is another folk singer
like I need a hole in my head.
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I voted less government, but this world needs people to understand the difference between what you and need and what you want. I go to high school so I see a lot of people saying stuff like, "I need this" or "I need that". So, we need to understand what we actually need.
my vote for MOreeeeeeeeeeee Cute Girlssss.....
Making us cool ... sweet hearted persons ...
I say love because that will probably remedy a lot of other things. If we love our fellow person as we love ourself, the entire world, or at least everyone we are in contact with becomes our best interest.
If other's well being is on our mind, our descisions will be directed towards the benefiting all. Often our drive is to better our own self, sometimes at another's expense ( or more often without concern or a second thought about another's expense ).
If we love each other we will do things not to hurt other people, such as going out of our way to cut polution. Imagine politicians with people in mind!
And people will build better search engines to help people find information, as opposed to building search engines to "find" sponsors and adertisers.
Ok got a bit silly and stretched it at the end. So lets leave it at just love sweet love. People wont be any cuter.. but if you love them, you wont mind as much. lol.