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		pfisch 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ebola outbreak in DR Congo rages, with 61% death r... Some problems are much easier to solve than others. The problems you are bringing up are far more intractable and far harder and more expensive to solve.

mindslight 2 days ago | [–]

Domestic hunger is really not a hard problem to solve. Rice, beans, and vegetables cooked in bulk and handed out at every fire station.

paulcole 2 days ago | [–]

OK they’re harder but they’re also potentially more important and valuable to solve.

They’re still solvable but we simply do not value solving them.

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