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Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by iex_xei » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 5:23 PM UTC

CommanderData wrote: post #4

Otosclerosis. It causes conductive hearing loss, affects 10% of the population. Its essentially abnormal bone turnover inside the ear (Stapes) that becomes fixated leading to conductive hearing loss and eventually full deafness in some cases. The current solution is to remove the diseased bone and fitting a prosthesis, it has risks and hearing doesn't always return to normal. I always wondered why this can't be fixed…

I lost almost half of my hearing due to otosclerosis and had an operation on my right ear that changed almost nothing, now it's worse. I wasn't aware that we are such a large group.

Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by inter_netuser » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 7:24 PM UTC

em-bee wrote: post #138

inter_netuser wrote: post #136

I know this might be asking too much, but: fix political corruption

the only way to fix that is to improve education everywhere. that includes moral education.

Plenty of countries with highly educated population are corrupt.

Education is probably quite important, but it seems there are other important components.

Are there any countries where level of corruption is much lower, adjusted for education?

I'd wager most high-trust countries would do better on measures of corruption, adjusted for education levels.

Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by em-bee » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 10:00 PM UTC

inter_netuser wrote: post #172

em-bee wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the only way to fix that is to improve education everywhere. that includes moral education.

Plenty of countries with highly educated population are corrupt. Education is probably quite important, but it seems there are other important components. Are there any countries where level of corruption is much lower, adjusted for education? I'd wager most high-trust countries would do better on measures of corruption, adjusted for education levels.

because they didn't have any moral education. that is the missing component.

science and arts is not enough. we also need to learn to care for each other, to be kind, generous, not hurtful, treat others with love and respect and many more virtues...