So your first question was a leading question, and it was different than your (much more interesting) second question of "How do I help the world?" There's bee

So your first question was a leading question, and it was different than your (much more interesting) second question of "How do I help the world?" There's been an idea bouncing around HN that writing software can be a service. I can't find the post, but there have been stories of everyday businesses wasting gobs of time doing things that software could be written for. (Really dumb things like: Having a secretary spend 3hours/day printing out plumbing contracts.) These things save people time and reduce boredom. Also, I agree that we eat too many unhealthy things, but I think you might be taking it too far. This TED talk is good: http://www.ted.com/talks/heribert_watzke_the_brain_in_your_gut.html http://www.ted.com/talks/heribert_watzke_the_brain_in_your_g... It makes the claim that we aren't omnivores, we're cook-ivores. (We eat cooked food.) I really agree with #4. It's why I go to Burning Man-- to live in a tribal setting, if only for a week.