I find myself really inspired by the work The Consilience Project and a few other people are putting out about sensemaking, consensus building, and maybe generally empathy.
I've started to feel that it might be my answer to "The Hamming Question." [0]
I'm a burnt out software engineer. Do you have any advice on careers to explore to work on the above societal issue?
[0]: > Mathematician Richard Hamming used to ask scientists in other fields "What are the most important problems in your field?" partly so he could troll them by asking "Why aren't you working on them?" and partly because getting asked this question is really useful for focusing people's attention on what matters.
I've started to feel that it might be my answer to "The Hamming Question." [0]
I'm a burnt out software engineer. Do you have any advice on careers to explore to work on the above societal issue?
[0]: > Mathematician Richard Hamming used to ask scientists in other fields "What are the most important problems in your field?" partly so he could troll them by asking "Why aren't you working on them?" and partly because getting asked this question is really useful for focusing people's attention on what matters.