Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
We know how to solve all the problems. We just choose not to, because we want to use the solution we want to use, (Protect the population, Governance, development) and not the ones known to work.
I'm not at all sure that we do "know how to solve all the problems", or that there are solutions that are known to work in every situation, everywhere. The problems that arise when governments select goals that require more time or resources than they are willing to commit are particularly intractable, as are those that arise from persistent underestimation of the challenges involved in accomplishing the desired goal.