If we don't have a viable solution, do we really understand the problem? Not being facetious. Saying we know that people are hungry is like saying my computer

If we don't have a viable solution, do we really understand the problem? Not being facetious. Saying we know that people are hungry is like saying my computer doesn't do the thing I want it to do. The difficult part is (in both cases) solving the problem. And that INCLUDES the pesky "why can't society just agree to do the good thing" part.