[two-sandwich]

I agree. There are many more important issues that could be solved with this person's expertise and willingness to apply themselves. Unfortunately, you can only lead a horse to water.

The vastness of areas which could be studied, advanced, or challenged lends itself well to human curiosity. I feel it would be unwise and unreasonable to stop people from exploring their area of interest.

Consider all the academic papers written with 0 citations. Did they waste their time? Should they have picked from a centralised pool of "most important" issues? The breadth-first search approach benefits the scientific community long term, I'd imagine.

Do you work tirelessly to prevent climate change as your day job? If not, why?

[namdnay]

> Do you work tirelessly to prevent climate change as your day job? If not, why?

Guilty as charged, we could all do more. But I don’t actively work to increase pollution, which is what this company seems to be doing