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There's always this bizarre obsession with moonshot technological solutions to problems that are social in origin.

• mreome 8y ago
  People so fall in love of the idea of the lone young genius who did something nobody else could, and will save the world so they don't have to change any part of their life. If you bring up the logistical, scientific and technical issues with the approach this project is taking, the response is "Well at least someone is doing something." It is so incredibly disrespectful to the countless people who have devoted their lives to studying and understanding these issues, ignoring that they have been trumpeting that this problem exists for decades and proposing changes that would help.
• pq0ak2nnd 8y ago
  Is it the RealityTV mentality, where everyone wants to be famous, and building on solid foundations to solve problems with "boring" engineering isn't as sexy as being Tony Stark?