Ask HN: Ideas to solve big problems, without getting into politics?

Posted by justaguyhere on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:46AM
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Without running for office, without getting into politics, without organizing mass rallies etc (nothing against these, they have their place), what can an ordinary person with no money/clout like me do to help chip away at huge problems like climate change, housing etc?

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Re:Ask HN: Ideas to solve big problems, without getting into... by JPLeRouzic on Thursday March 05, 2020 @03:32PM (#22497853)

Maybe providing tools for the people who want solving big problems?

That sounds a tautology, but for any group of people that want to tackle a problem, there is a set of problems to solve: How to find the people who are relevant/who might become go-between/who knows are references in this domain. How to find out the best relevant events and demonstrations given some context, how to communicate. Tools helping to provide content, newsletters, dashboards, summaries.

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Re:Ask HN: Ideas to solve big problems, without getting into... by lotwxyz on Thursday March 05, 2020 @11:29AM (#22494991)

Get into developing web technology. The web is the crucial "space of freedom" within which all other modes of freedom (political or otherwise) currently depend.

I want to start tackling these big issues, too...

That's why I created a new kind of operating system, which runs in web browsers, called Linux on the Web! Online desktop here: https://lotw.xyz/desk.os

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