I've felt similarly since middle school. I keep coming back to poor education as the root cause of many problems worth fixing. Sometimes, the root cause is mor

I've felt similarly since middle school. I keep coming back to poor education as the root cause of many problems worth fixing. Sometimes, the root cause is more basic: poor public health. Most hard problems are going to be solved very slowly. In the meantime, short-term solutions just don't seem worthwhile. The frustrating part is that it's not readily apparent how our technical skills can help with these hard, fundamental problems.