Comment by sumeno
17 hours ago
We could do all of those things with today's technology. They aren't technological problems, they are human problems
17 hours ago
We could do all of those things with today's technology. They aren't technological problems, they are human problems
I don't understand that what you mean. Disease and climate change seem like clear cut technology problems, and the rest, save for war, have obvious technological solutions. What does it mean for them to be human problems? Should I expect them to solve themselves?
Current technology is sufficient to greatly reduce climate change, there just isn't the political will to do it.
Obviously not every disease can be cured, but even diseases that were essentially gone are coming back because people have just decided they don't care anymore. There are measles outbreaks happening all over the place right now.
mRNA vaccines are a medical marvel and a significant portion of the population has been convinced that horse paste is a better solution.
There are enough resources available that poverty and starvation could be essentially eliminated or at the very least drastically reduced. We just don't do it because people would rather hoard wealth instead.
The technology is here, but too many people profit from not solving the problems
So humans are the problem. I can't tell if this reply is agreeing with ToValueFunfetti or disagreeing.