> too many brains and dollars have been shoveled into resolving what I call ‘anti-problems’ – interests usually centered about food or fashion or ‘social’or gaming
A few things come to mind when I hear people say things like this:
1. This type of complaint usually indicates observer bias. People don't read about, or share, news about boring industries. Go look at the last 25 investments on https://twitter.com/VCdelta and see how many are truly "anti-problems."
2. People who look down their nose at entrepreneurs who don't pursue "Big Problems" probably don't realize how hard the "Small Problems" actually are.
3. If you think smart people are missing out by not pursuing some massive task, like helping veterans, then I have good news for you: that means you believe there is an opportunity for someone to improve society and make a lot of money in the process. Go invest your time and/or money, improve the world, and reap the rewards. If you don't know how to fix the problem then maybe things aren't as simple as people choosing not to make the world better. If you know how to fix these issues, but you don't know how to make money doing so, then you are really just saying that investors should instead be philanthropists. If you don't think you're smart enough/strong enough to solve these problems then maybe you shouldn't be telling others you know what is best.
Excellent post! The easiest way I can think of to help the poor is to change their core values which lead to things like being single mothers and joining the army as a last resort. However, that will seemingly require a ton of investment in education and birth control, which is political suicide for now. You can give them money and time, but you can't give them the ability to disregard their peers' values towards unprotected sex and getting married at 18 and not caring about school.
A few things come to mind when I hear people say things like this:
1. This type of complaint usually indicates observer bias. People don't read about, or share, news about boring industries. Go look at the last 25 investments on https://twitter.com/VCdelta and see how many are truly "anti-problems."
2. People who look down their nose at entrepreneurs who don't pursue "Big Problems" probably don't realize how hard the "Small Problems" actually are.
3. If you think smart people are missing out by not pursuing some massive task, like helping veterans, then I have good news for you: that means you believe there is an opportunity for someone to improve society and make a lot of money in the process. Go invest your time and/or money, improve the world, and reap the rewards. If you don't know how to fix the problem then maybe things aren't as simple as people choosing not to make the world better. If you know how to fix these issues, but you don't know how to make money doing so, then you are really just saying that investors should instead be philanthropists. If you don't think you're smart enough/strong enough to solve these problems then maybe you shouldn't be telling others you know what is best.