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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by imperio59 on Thursday February 04, 2021 @09:58PM (#26032543)
In my observation a lot of the homeless in the camps with mental health issues are on medication or have been through mental health facilities several times and it just made things worse for them

Source: working on the streets of Seattle a couple years ago every weekend.

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Re:Zero arrests in 6 months of health care professionals rep... by mjevans on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:45PM (#26032858)
My own belief is that there isn't a single simple issue, but rather a web of many simple things that have complex interactions.

Nearly all of those are political issues though. Technology can help with better communications and tools for debunking falsehoods in those communications.

It might also eventually help with strong AI that's smarter and better than humans at offering a set of solutions and then letting people debate the ones that we agree are also emotionally the correct answers.

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