So what? It is the most important question of your times, whose outcome will likely determine the future of humanity. Far more relevant than the next JavaScript framework.
And also, hard questions do have interesting answers - they are intellectual challenges as well, as they need true out-of-the-box thinking.
yet nobody complains about the endless onslaught of questions like "How does your company leverage cloud blah blah blah" and "How do I become a software developer without a compsci degree?"
Or some version of "What are the biggest pain points in your job?" or "Which SAAS would you pay the most money for? Please only give answers that I can build by myself with the stack that I already know in an afternoon"
I do get slightly tired of those. They seem less common than the poster's question (at least lately). However, many of those have questions fo have more specific criteria, like the individual's skills, experience, and location. Not quite as general as "what can a programmer do about climate change".
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There are approximately one question like this on HN every week. The search should turn them up pretty easily.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21024358
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20015037
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18332012
So what? It is the most important question of your times, whose outcome will likely determine the future of humanity. Far more relevant than the next JavaScript framework.
And also, hard questions do have interesting answers - they are intellectual challenges as well, as they need true out-of-the-box thinking.
yet nobody complains about the endless onslaught of questions like "How does your company leverage cloud blah blah blah" and "How do I become a software developer without a compsci degree?"
Or some version of "What are the biggest pain points in your job?" or "Which SAAS would you pay the most money for? Please only give answers that I can build by myself with the stack that I already know in an afternoon"
I do get slightly tired of those. They seem less common than the poster's question (at least lately). However, many of those have questions fo have more specific criteria, like the individual's skills, experience, and location. Not quite as general as "what can a programmer do about climate change".
yes, nobody complain, but a lot of people share link to previous discussion, just like OP did.