152 Generic Bads
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In ideonomy the concept of bad is general, even universal or common to
all things. 'Bad', in this enlarged sense, might be defined as whatever
is [harmful, costly, destructive, negative, undesirable, wrong, evil, or
the like] - to anything whatever - in any way - in any degree. The term
may apply both to animate and inanimate phenomena, or to 'their point of
view'. The concept of bad is purely relative, except insofar as various
ideonomic integrals may be taken over all identifiable bads, integrals
which can then compete for the supreme degree of goodness.
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Abuse [of alcohol, drugs, machines, opportunities, privileges, talents,
one's body, knowledge, etc].
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Aggression or conflict.
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Aimlessness.
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Anomie (pathological normlessness) or alienation.
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Anxiety.
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Bad habits.
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Bad manners or gracelessness.
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Bad, inadequate, or nonexistent exemplars or models.
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Brutality.
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Chaos.
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Characterlessness.
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Cheating.
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Civilization's infantility.
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Complacency.
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Compromise (where expedient or mistaken).
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Confusion of means and ends.
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Cowardice.
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Crime.
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Crowding or overpopulation.
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Cruelty (conscious or unconscious).
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Culturelessness, barbarism, or backwardness (e.g. of Third World).
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Cynicism.
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Dangerous tendencies.
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Deculturation or retrogression.
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Dehumanization or demoralization.
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Delusion, error, illusion, fantasy, blindness, or self-deception.
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Denaturation.
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Denial of rights.
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Disaster (natural or man-made).
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Discrepant [values, cultures, weltanschauungen, customs, beliefs, etc].
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Disease, illness, or infirmity.
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Disharmony generally.
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Distrust.
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Dogmatism.
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Ecological [disruption, damage, annihilation, or nullity].
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Empty formalism, rituals, etc.
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Escapism.
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Excessive haste.
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Excessive homogeneity.
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Excessive rate of change.
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Excessive self-indulgence.
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Exploitation of man.
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Extremism.
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Failure.
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Fakery, fraudulence, deception, hypocrisy, or pretentiousness.
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Family disintegration.
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Fanaticism.
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Frustration, futility, or impotence (powerlessness).
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Hatred.
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Hubris.
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Human emotionality.
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Human instability.
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Human nature.
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Human perversity.
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Hypersensitivity.
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Hypochondria (imaginary ailments), malaise, or weltschmerz.
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'Iatrogenic phenomena' (e.g. pernicious social sciences).
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Ideology (excessive, irrational, mistaken, obnoxious, or naive).
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Ignorance.
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Illiteracy.
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Imbalance.
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Immoderation or excess.
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Indecision.
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Indifference or apathy.
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Indiscipline.
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Inefficiency.
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Inequality.
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Infidelity.
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Injustice.
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Insanity.
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Insecurity.
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Insensitivity.
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Intolerance.
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Irrationality.
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Jealousy.
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Lack of opportunity, or unanswered needs or wants.
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Lack of organization, planning, or provision.
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Limitations of human intelligence.
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Loneliness or isolation.
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Lovelessness.
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Low standards, mediocrity, vulgarity, or imperfection.
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Lying.
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Machination.
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Maladjustment.
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Maladministration or misgovernment.
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Materialism (excessive, mistaken, or undirected).
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Mechanical aspects of the world.
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Misaction or poor style.
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Miseducation.
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Misguidance or obscurantism.
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Misunderstanding.
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"Morosophy" (intellectual or 'expert' stupidity, or pseudo-sophistication).
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Mortality or death.
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Motor (muscular) [limits or defects] of the human body.
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Neglect.
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Negligence, carelessness, or irresponsibility.
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Neurosis.
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Nihilism.
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Noise.
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Nuclear war risk.
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Obsessions or compulsions.
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Old age or elderly decrepitude.
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Overcomplexity.
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Overrefinement.
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Overspecialization.
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Oversuccessfulness.
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Pathological diversity.
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Personal accidents or bad luck.
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Pettiness.
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Phobias.
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Political anarchy or social disorder.
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Pollution.
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Poor husbandry of human talent or resources.
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Poor use of language.
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Poverty.
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Prejudice, bigotry, racism, persecution, nationalism, ethnocentrism, or
elitism.
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Presumption.
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Psychomachy (struggles within the soul).
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Purposelessness.
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Reasonless action; or lack of Socratic self-examination, self-knowledge,
or self-mastery.
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Redundancy.
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Resource shortages or 'any' form of scarcity.
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Ridicule.
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Rigidity (lack of ;
inertia of the past or present).
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Selfishness.
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Self-perpetuating evils.
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Sensory [limits or defects].
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Shallowness.
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[Side effects or unknown threats] of science or technology.
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Simplism.
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Socioeconomic dislocation.
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Stagnation, boredom, monotony, or lack of challenge.
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Stereotypy.
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Stupidity, foolishness, or mindlessness.
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Subversion.
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Superstition.
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Terrorism.
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Thanklessness.
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Thoughtlessness.
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Ugliness of person.
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Uncertainty.
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Uncontrol.
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Uncontrolled growth.
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Unemployment or idleness.
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Unfairness.
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Unhappiness, misery, suffering, discomfort, or pain.
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Unprincipled conduct, amorality, or corruption.
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Unsightly or deteriorating (natural or artificial) environments.
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War.
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Waste.
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World's smallness.
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Wrong deprivation.
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Zero-sum competition or overcompetition.