Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more?

I love asking new colleagues this question, figured I would open it here as well.

What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more?

Bringing research findings from university studies forward into products/services.

An immediate push to simplify complex concepts / ideas given that we know from history how much the efforts pay back in terms of broader adaptation / understanding by the masses.

Examples: quantum mechanics, string theory, certain advanced algorithms, AI etc.

Browsers.

Regenerating top soil.

We have degraded 1/3 of the top soil in the last 150 years. At the current rate, we won't be able to grow food in 60 years. This is a significant threat to our food production capabilities as a planet, and has severe 2nd, 3rd degree repercussions as well.

At the moment, agroforestry and syntropic farming are the only large scale solutions, but they need mass adoption.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/only-60-years-of-...