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How is the AIDS pandemic an example of a wicked problem? One of the definitions of a wicked problem is "Wicked problems have no stopping rule.". But the stoppi
by mkchoi212 7y ago
How is the AIDS pandemic an example of a wicked problem?
One of the definitions of a wicked problem is "Wicked problems have no stopping rule.". But the stopping rule for the AIDS pandemic seems to be creating a cure for AIDS / eliminating all cases of AIDS.
Am I missing something really obvious here??
- myhf 7y agoIf you are operating within the scope of a single country, eliminating all cases within that country would not be a stopping rule.
- mkchoi212 7y agoOh, I meant eliminating all cases on earth :P
- TeMPOraL 7y agoBut that itself doesn't make it a wicked problem. It means the solution needs to involve broadening the scope of your operations. In case of AIDS, it would be an international cooperation. A real-life example is the efforts to eradicate smallpox and polio; the first one succeeded, the second one was almost done but hit some serious problems with international cooperation - regardless, this demonstrates the problem, while hard, isn't wicked.