The management of water has long been a political issue in India, with hydroelectric projects often provoking action, but the vast plan to link its rivers pits the interests of states both against each other, and against what is viewed as being in the national interest.
All of these increase the likelihood of provoking action, as well as getting eyeballs.
His apparent dislike of "the other", and the impact of immigration, may have provoked actions described by justice minister Knut Storberget as "shocking, bloody and cowardly", but they are bound to be part of a conversation that Norway conducts with itself as it comes to terms with what has happened.
The customers have taken increasingly desperate measures to provoke action from regulators and federal authorities.
The worries have provoked action: cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas have undertaken extensive conservation programs.
And we know that none of these complaints provoked action by the church.
"We're not after two-minutes of heartbreak in a plea for some quick-fix cash," says Ctrl.Alt.Shift, "we are looking for ideas that provoke action".
The one maybe-bright spot in this week-long Watson scandal is that clearly vitriolic sexism is finally seen as an outrage, and it might finally provoke action.
"They provoke action, the desire to be on top," he argues.Sally Osberg, president and chief executive of the Skoll Foundation, the forum's organiser, says that the tool will help entrepreneurs, policy makers and the private sector make better decisions to help the world's poor.
Media-dubbed "poverty porn" adverts – the small child, tear running down one cheek, distended belly, flies on their face and body – have been used in the past to elicit emotions, whether sympathy, empathy, anger or outrage to provoke action such as a donation or signing a petition.
