
Essay: Start Over (Again)
The Most Important Question
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The Importance of Defining Important Problems
The world is awash in important problems. How are you going to help? And can you do it from your current position? What if the answer is no? What the hell will you do about it? For our purposes, let's assume important problems are like pornography. You'll know one when you see one. That's part of the reason Richard wandered over to the chemistry table with his tuna sandwich in Jello and started with that very angle. It's clear he also wanted to know if they knew, and then he wanted to know what the hell they were going to do about it.
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