Remind me again of that time when simply and directly trying to attack very complex sociopolitical problems has worked? In fact, trying to directly "solve" com

Remind me again of that time when simply and directly trying to attack very complex sociopolitical problems has worked? In fact, trying to directly "solve" complex systems like these with lots of variables, as if they were just "problems", never works (regardless of area). So while this may be a good idea or it may be a bad idea, it's definitely not going to "work" on its own. (and i get how hard it is to sell people on the idea that no, you will not just do a thing and have it solve all the problems, instead you are only trying to get the system moving in the right direction, and then adaptively try to do things that keep it where you want it. But that's at least got a chance)