[The Solution Problem] …reflects a broader psychological dynamic: When solutions become abundant, they start to shape how we perceive the world. They shift our expectations. They narrow our tolerance for discomfort. And sometimes, they create new problems in the act of solving old ones.
Improved QOL doesnt always equal happier populations.
I feel like it was the implied driver for the message given in the ancient scripts written by Biggie Smalls in his rhythmic allegory: “Mo Money Mo Problems.” The increased financial income is implied to be a solution to the controlling share of societal problems, but once a person is living a life with the increased financial income they find the existence of new problems they previously didnt know existed before the solved their financial problems.
Mo Money Mo Problems doesn’t refer to money or wealth in the abstract for the community as a whole, it’s about an individual making substantially more money than their local peers.
The situation presented by OP is one of a rising tide, that lifts all ships, where as the dynamic elicited by Biggie Smalls is fundamentally one of wealth inequality. If there was both enough wealth to go around, and wealth sharing mechanisms in place, it’s not clear that mo money would be mo problems.
Then people on lemmy will have to find some other topic to doom about. But I have faith in their abilities to solve this problem!
This 100%. The solution problem from Psychology Today:
Improved QOL doesnt always equal happier populations.
I feel like it was the implied driver for the message given in the ancient scripts written by Biggie Smalls in his rhythmic allegory: “Mo Money Mo Problems.” The increased financial income is implied to be a solution to the controlling share of societal problems, but once a person is living a life with the increased financial income they find the existence of new problems they previously didnt know existed before the solved their financial problems.
Mo Money Mo Problems doesn’t refer to money or wealth in the abstract for the community as a whole, it’s about an individual making substantially more money than their local peers.
The situation presented by OP is one of a rising tide, that lifts all ships, where as the dynamic elicited by Biggie Smalls is fundamentally one of wealth inequality. If there was both enough wealth to go around, and wealth sharing mechanisms in place, it’s not clear that mo money would be mo problems.