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Ask HN: What are some major world problems that are still unsolved?
- ggm 2y agoDelivery of Internet to the last 3b people
- not_your_vase 2y agoWealth distribution on all economic levels. (And captchas)
- dave4420 2y agoWar, crime, climate change.
- ggm 2y agoDebt bondage
- overu589 2y agoTruth, morality, human rights, an incorruptible righteous rule of law.
- kstenerud 2y agoSlavery. Organized crime. Corruption of governments. Imperialism. Economic inequality. Nuclear proliferation. The coming waves of climate refugees. Insufficient water. The coming crop failures in about a decade that will kill 1/4 of the world's population.
- marto1 2y ago..and loads and loads of politicians that pretend they can solve problems above while shamelessly grifting.
- fuzzfactor 2y agoAll of them. One of the things that exacerbates the others is not just the lingering effects of superstition, but its growth rate which can still sometimes outpace the rate of civilization.
- MrGuts 2y agoThe fact that people who think they know it all really piss off those of us who do.
- sejje 2y agoAll humans die, and IMO it's just a knowledge issue. We probably have sufficiently advanced tech to implement a solution.
- mdp2021 2y agoWhile I'd really, despereately like Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln and many others to be here today to give opinion, do not forget death is not just a problem but also a solution.
- sejje 2y agoYes, it has ramifications in every direction of course. I suppose we'll still kill each other, even if medical advances make unintentional death unlikely.
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- A_D_E_P_T 2y agoThe greatest technical ones are: - Countering aging / human rejuvenation. - Atmospheric carbon capture and utilization. - Strong materials / bringing materials up to their theoretical strengths. (The theoretical strength of fiberglass is ~40GPa; the best samples generally measure at ~5GPa.) Yet it's the non-technical challenges surrounding governance, how to handle social media, how to deal with falling birthrates, etc., that are much more pressing.
- OgsyedIE 2y agoPeak oil. Everybody stopped talking about it in the late 00s when it was discovered that shale wasn't inaccessible after all, but now every shale patch except the Permian has already peaked and the first derivative of the Permian output is plummeting.
- keernan 2y agoViolence