You could gather three or four of the most skilled people you know, and say, “Let’s identify a problem worth solving, and then work together to fix it.”

You could.

Of course, it’s a lot easier to bathe yourself in busywork and digital distraction, and hope that other people are focused on solving big problems.

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We don’t coordinate efforts because we’re bored or because we’ve reached the end of the internet. We coordinate efforts because there are complex problems that urgently call for our attention.