on solving the worlds problems
Feb. 3rd, 2010 09:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexandra_thornI am not so naive as to imagine that I could solve all the world's problems. I'm too small for that.
But I am just naive enough to imagine that maybe I could see how to solve all of the world's problems. And somehow it seems important to me to try.
Last night when I should have been sleeping I was instead reflecting on Obama's Q&A with the Republicans (see http://alexandra-thorn.dreamwidth.org/7208.html), and found myself trying to figure out what should be done for West Virginia with regard to coal mining.
I can't say I made much progress, but here's what I did come up with: trying to solve global problems is like trying to untie an incredibly complicated knot when you can't find the ends; there are all of these strands that you can follow, and they all lead... somewhere.
But I am just naive enough to imagine that maybe I could see how to solve all of the world's problems. And somehow it seems important to me to try.
Last night when I should have been sleeping I was instead reflecting on Obama's Q&A with the Republicans (see http://alexandra-thorn.dreamwidth.org/7208.html), and found myself trying to figure out what should be done for West Virginia with regard to coal mining.
I can't say I made much progress, but here's what I did come up with: trying to solve global problems is like trying to untie an incredibly complicated knot when you can't find the ends; there are all of these strands that you can follow, and they all lead... somewhere.