Recreational Discussion

 * Discontentment and discouragement are widespread.  Much is suboptimal or harmful.  Responses to discontentment often seem misguided and ineffective.  Can one identify procedures that would produce satisfactory responses and results?  Perhaps the following framework would be worth considering.

1) Characterize the unsatisfactory condition.
2) Analyze the chain of events that gave rise to the unsatisfactory condition.
3) Describe the condition as it should be.
4) Consider counterfactual but possible chains of events that might have resulted in the should-be condition.
5) Imagine possible chains of events that might lead from the actual condition to the should-be condition.
6) Imagine unfavorable side effects of these remedial chains of events.
7) Consider alternatives that might improve the target condition with less undesirable side effects.

How might this framework be improved?
Can one describe or identify a satisfactory society, beyond amelioration?  How might it not be too boring?

 * Among the unsatisfactory conditions that might be discussed with the above framework are the following:
a) The prevalence of discouragement and disaffection among black citizens.
b) The widening income disparities among US population segments.
c) The gratuitous resource-to-waste conversion rate.
d) The growth of ISIS in population, influence and space.
e) Expansion of water-limited or land-limited populations.
f) The substance abuse among native Americans.
g) The absence of satisfaction even among successful people.
h) The prevalence of loneliness.
i) Tribes lacking rights (titles) to their native lands.
j) Turmoil due to infiltration of non-european tribes in Europe.
k) Imbalances in human resources, inclinations and societal needs.