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> We're never going to "solve" anything I don't know, I think we "solved" eg indoor running water, which dramatically reduced mortality. You can say there was
by qez2 3y ago
> We're never going to "solve" anything
I don't know, I think we "solved" eg indoor running water, which dramatically reduced mortality.
You can say there was a "trade off" in the respect that it costed a large amount to install that. But it was worth it, like many other expenses are worth it. You have to actually do the value/cost calculation, not appeal to an unconstrained stonewalling gesture.
- nvm0n2 3y agoSowell isn't an engineer so the sort of thing he's talking about are mostly long standing social problems, not engineering problems. For example, his criticism here is levelled at the sort of people who claim they know a solution for poverty, crime, unfairness, etc.