1. a discord community where people participate in beauty-centered activities designed to encourage engagement. ex: rating products, eye look competitions with voting, etc.
2. hobby buddy? so say you want to get into something that's totally unknown to you. there should be opportunities provided to people to learn and connect about new things, instead of staying in one rut. for example, you want to learn about flowers. a flower shop can host once a week a meeting for community events and education about flowers, that are designed to encourage engagement. (it would also result in spending and marketing as a by product, so its a win for the business as well as the community). it is an opportunity to collaborate flower shops with enviornmental activists, to have small sections of informing people about what changes they can make to impact their environment in a positive way, on a small scale, and a large scale. or say you want to learn about wood working, and you've never worked with wood and know nothing about it. Apple has shops set up like this for beginners, but they don't encourage community engagement and are more like lectures. To help users to know how to use their technology. But yeah anyways uh, it would be great. Even with 1-to-1 connections it doesn't have to be done strictuly through a business. But yeah essentially these people would be the stand between to usher in "newbies" to new cool things that they happen to know A LOT about and are connected to. apprenticeship facilitators, but its also- community/group style. but yeah and then, there can be also individual set ups done through an app. and so say, you know nothing about kpop. a group of people can join together to host an event about kpop, kpop enthusiasts. have a kpop party. and people can come to the kpop party and learn about kpop and hear all about it from people who really love it. i mean this could literally cover any topic. i'm sure if you thought about this more it could have deeper integration capability and more potential value to be derived from it. it's in its pre-natal stages and is a very flexible idea, with a lot of potential given the success of social media and connection apps.
edit: change the name to curious. idk? no... because bi-curious. i dont know.
i would be curious to learn more about AI.
2. a grocery store that once you agree to become a member paying an annual is able to provide you a nutritionist and supplements once a month customized to you BASED ON BLOOD WORK, and there is a discount structure based on your insurance plan? idk, would obviously work out the details but it would be cool if there was some sort of annual membership where you could get supplements you NEED aka your bloodwork shows significant deficiencies. this would be the beginning of preventative medicine actually being implemented into our society structurally which is a small step for mankind in the health care sector but also a great start. monthly cost of supplements for those with chronic deficiencies
it makes more sense to have your bulk-stores collaborate with nutritionists and supplements and be available in the same place
it could also be marketed with a beauty edge, a self-improvement edge, a mental health edge, i don't know but it has marketable edges to it.
it would provide jobs for nutritionists and raise awareness of the importance of them in our society, and taking some of the weight off of GP's which is already alarmingly high, and without preventative medicine, the demand on them will only increase, as the demand increases for doctors, there just simply won't be enough quality care to go around for everyone if something isn't implemented now to lighten that impact.
the reason why 'big names' in medicine aren't talking about this is likely because there are more pressing issues which have more likelihood to get funding, and people are busy with those concerns. a local leader in the medical community mentioned that they were trying to better prepare their hospitals for epidemics and the potential rise in cases of various diseases that require a high standard of care and precaution, for the sake of protecting the staff and the other patients in the same building. it's a very pressing concern that they need to be prepared for, so its understandable why that is a focus.
i've noticed the way insurance works and has basically 'saved' our flawed capitalistic system. and these sort of models really have something to teach us going forward trying new systems for the care of the public. other sectors such as mental health and nutrition are qualified to step up to the plate about an issue like this, and have such close ties to areas of large importance- such as the growing demand on GP's and the prevention of cancer.
it's a line of thought that grows all the way into the lines of potential government funding with enough information backing it up, though i'm sure many have tried.
i find it astounding that on the board for example of hospitals, there was only a handful of individuals. there really is likely room for a lot of reform to these kind of areas, and i think with more hands on deck, it could make a lot of difference for a community as the issues healthcare is coming to face is larger than what 12 people can handle. i think that tax breaks and things like this should incentivize more to join in helping these causes.
i think tax breaks should be available to everyone to helps causes, and to a degree they are, but i think that is also an area that should be expanded upon and further incentivize more help.
like for example costco could be granted a tax break for enrolling the supplement-membership program, and the supplement companies as well
there are decent programs kind of similar to this for helping people afford their medications, but there is not *much* in the realm of supplements. there are studies that have indicated a large majority of america is nutrient deficient in someway.
it's barely talked about in schools as well. funding is lost for a lot of things, so i have heard, in various areas- like the arts and music, and home economics or whatever? so i can't imagine adding anything to 'educations' plate at this point, i think too much is put on their plate honestly, and that is a system in itself that needs to be restructured across society to be more plausible at meeting all the demands... it has been required to.
is this a field of study, like 'economic efficiency' i know health care policy is like one area but it would be more interesting to me if there were more jobs in society for people to improve the efficiency of systems that have great impact and have great demand. like air plane manufacturing, food systems, the list could go on forever. but i've heard there are problems in many areas, and i witness lack of efficiency just in my day to day life in pretty much everything. they rely on 'managers' to do this, but honestly, this is the job of a team of at least 5-8 people for even a small business.
but i think it would be awesome if there was less focus on the entreprueners and innovators, and more focus on just stabilizing the economy and the systems we currently have and making them work best for us- by tying them together. stop the economic hemorrhaging for a while, and with improved systems, innovation can flourish in a much better way anyways.
for example; people can barely afford to live, and instead of the cost of rent being a capitalistic venture, this should be something that a workplace could provide, receiving tax benefits, and also eliminating commutes- helping people save money on gas, and spend it more in the economy, or, whatever the f the want to do with it. and helping the environment.
the industrial era worked because people were culturally different then, and it was frowned upon for the ultra wealthy not to give back to society in a hefty way. so it worked. was it the best model for a society long term? obviously no.... it served its purpose where it did, but its time to move on. now, with the wealth sort of collecting and circulating at the top, its creating a larger wealth gap, growing poverty, and resulting in extremely dysfunctional systems, because no one can afford to function in the given circumstances.
4. what ever happened to science fairs? so it would be cool if students were allowed to participate in a circular style learning class and treat it half education, and half like a think tank. then at the end of the year, certain groups present their ideas in a cool fair, whatever they chose to be creative about. it could be in any area, from music, to economics, to science, and engineering, or theory. i'm sure a lot of students would be interested to particpate in things like graphic design, code, and 'space' related endeavors as this is kind of a trending interest right now but. yeah. the point of it would be there is no 'bad' ideas and that all ideas serve their own right to inspire innovation and creativity in others. there could be like a fun raffle at the event and a voting system. whichever presentation wins could be allowed to go to an international forum think tank, and the funding would come from the tix that ppl pay for to go to the presentations. OR it could be done entirely digitally through things like the metaverse lmfao and it would be of no cost to collaborate. participation could be encouraged with some sort of incentive.
