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What is one thing a human can't live without?

1. Food. Food is the basic source of energy and one of the most immediate requirements for day to day survival. The energy that food gives us is measured in calories and the number of calories a person needs is typically around 2000-2500 calories a day.

populationeducation.org - What Are People's Basic Needs? Six Things You Really Can't Live Without

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People are united everywhere by a set of basic needs. These needs are key requirements not just for essential survival, but for long-term physical and mental well-being. As the world expands and changes, the definition of basic needs expands and changes as well. For instance, something like the Internet would not have been considered a “need” 20 years ago, but in 2019, Internet access is crucial to ensuring access to information for people everywhere. The definition of a basic need is anything that is fundamentally connected to an individual’s physical or mental well-being.

These are humans’ six basic needs in the 21st century

1. Food

Food is the basic source of energy and one of the most immediate requirements for day to day survival. The energy that food gives us is measured in calories and the number of calories a person needs is typically around 2000-2500 calories a day.

2. Drinking Water and Sanitation

Drinking water is water that is free of disease or pollutants, and is safe to be used for drinking or food preparation. Sanitation refers to services and facilities that properly dispose of human waste.

3. Healthcare

Healthcare is consistent access to medical treatment from trained professionals. Sufficient healthcare both treats immediate conditions and provides ongoing support to prevent future ailments.

4. Shelter

Shelter is a permanent structure where people can take refuge from adverse weather and other outside conditions. Adequate shelter is durable, provides some degree of privacy, and is connected to the infrastructure of surrounding communities.

5. Education

Education is the process of teaching and learning critical skills including literacy and mathematics. Education boosts quality of life and is a necessary prerequisite for long-term self-sufficiency.

6. Access to Information

Access to information is a person’s ability to freely find and use information and make independent decisions on the basis of that information. Today, much of that access is facilitated through the Internet.

Meeting people’s needs now and in the future

International organizations continually reassess what a person needs to be fully integrated into our global society. When the United Nations first proposed this list of basic needs in the 1970s, the world looked significantly different than it does in 2019—among other things, the world population was less than half of what it is today. Even now, meeting these basic needs requires different things for different people: shelter should always be safe and durable, but what that means in southern Florida is not the same as what it means in Alaska. Stay tuned for a follow-up post where we’ll explore the current status of each of these basic needs for people around the world, given today’s realities and projections for the future.

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Which state in the USA has the highest minimum wage?

As of Janu, the District of Columbia had the highest minimum wage in the U.S., at 15.2 U.S. dollars per hour. This was followed by California, which had 15 U.S. dollars per hour as the state minimum wage.

statista.com - Minimum wages in the United States by state 2022 - Statista

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Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana do not have a state minimum wage law. *In California, there are two minimum wage rates. Employers with 25 employees or less pay $14 per hour, and employers with 26 employees or more pay $15 per hour. **In Georgia, the minimum wage for employers of six or more employees is $5.15 per hour, although employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the federally mandated minimum of $7.25 per hour. ***In Minnesota there are two minimum wage rates. The rate for large employers (annual receipts of more than $500,000) is $10.33. For employers with enterprises smaller than this the rate is $8.42. **** In Montana, businesses with gross annual sales of less than $110,000 may pay a minimum wage of $4.00 per hour. *****In Nevada, the rate for employees who no health insurance benefits provided by the employer is $9.75 per hour. The rate with health insurance provided by the employer is $8.75 per hour. ******In New York, the statewide minimum wage is $13.2 per hour. For Long Island and Westchester, and in New York City, the rate is $15.00 per hour. *******In Ohio, businesses with gross annual sales of less than $305,000 may pay a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. ********In Oklahoma, businesses with gross annual sales of less than $100,000 or businesses with less than 10 employees may pay a minimum wage of $2.00 per hour.

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