Developing solutions for real-world problems requires a deep understanding of the complex challenges individuals face in their environments. Simply providing free access to resources like a perfect curriculum is not sufficient to address the multifaceted issues people encounter daily. It's important to recognize the practical obstacles individuals in rough neighborhoods experience, such as safety concerns, lack of conducive learning environments, and limited access to technology. Solving tough problems is intricate and messy, requiring a comprehensive understanding of the context in which they exist. Without firsthand experience of the problems, developing effective solutions becomes challenging. To address issues effectively, solutions should be developed in direct correlation with the real-life scenarios and environments they aim to improve.
This episode was actually recorded on February 18; however, due to circumstances, we had to hibernate Exponent and the episode was never actually edited and posted.
Now that the show is back – for good this time – we wanted to post the “missing episode” plenty of folks have asked us about. There are a couple of dated references, but the content is still very applicable.
In this episode we talk about privilege and whether Silicon Valley is solving the right problems. It’s certainly not a new question, but has it become more pressing in the last few months?
Links:
- Don’t Build Your Startup Outside of Silicon Valley – Max Wessell HBR
Thanks for your patience!