The World is Complex!!! There are No Simple Solutions!

I saw David Brooks' New York Times article, "When Politics Becomes Your Idol" which showed a picture of a woman with a sign which read, "Donald Trump is our Savior!"

You can see the picture and read his article here:
 When Politics Becomes Your Idol

Seeing Trump as "Our Savior" reminds me of people who look for one drug to cure them aging, or cancer, or .....whatever disease currently ails them. 

We all wish there was a simple single solution to all of our problems.  Unfortunately, the world doesn't work like that.  It is incredibly more complex and messy.   Solving big problems (world peace, nuclear fusion, interplanetary space travel) takes complex solutions which are not solved in a day, or a year, or a lifetime. 

But look at the progress we have made in the last 100 years!   Yes, we have created some new problems by solving older ones, but that is the nature of scientific progress.  You always have to weigh the benefits against the side effects.  If you can't life with the side effects, then you look for some other solution to your problem.

For Example:  Burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil to generate electricity was once a very good idea. We needed it and we did it for a long time.  But now we are smarter and we know we can't continue to pollute our air with heavy metals and warm the planet with CO2, a green house gas.  So we look for clean energy technology elsewhere.  Wind, solar, electric vehicles and energy conservation (Negawatts) are coming to the rescue.  In the future, we will learn how to be more efficient and do more with less.

The problems of the world are complex, and we will need smart people who can understand and embrace complex ideas to solve them.  (Express my sorrow to the lady with the sign, Donald Trump is not one of those guys.  He doesn't seem to "Get It.") 

Thoughts to ponder.

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R. Allan Worrell
Author: Father John's Gift
e-mail:  alw3141@gmail.com