Ask HN: 5 most important problems for a 22 yo to work on
First question from Sam's interview of Elon: http://www.ycombinator.com/future/elon/
If you were ~22 years old now, what are the 5 problems you think would be most important to work on?
Particularly in the sense of helping push the world forward/ helping humanity thrive.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 10.4 ms ] thread> Food distribution
The world produces enough food to feed everyone, but there isn't a framework in place to eliminate waste and feed starving people at the same time.
> Education
Lots of people are working on this already, but highly effective education tailored to every specific person available for free, worldwide, would be a game changer.
> Infrastructure
The US in particular is falling way, way behind where it needs to be. Look up the situation with bridges, and that's to say nothing of our electrical grid.
> 100% Renewable energy
No brainer but difficult to solve.
> A new way of interfacing with computers
Mouse and keyboard are great, but what if we didn't have to use analog methods for communicating intent to a computer quickly and unambiguously? Could also allow for paralyzed/incapacitated people to communicate easily and maintain social interaction