12. Problems, Problems Everywhere

Sometimes, I see posts on my feed saying that the math we learn in school is useless in our everyday life because you can't apply its formulas anywhere. In my humble opinion, the real purpose of studying is not only memorization of formulas but the effort we put into solving math problems. 

Our lives are endless conveyor belts of problems that never stop: times change, technologies develop and we need to be mentally updated—this is what every parent should explain to their young students. When you know all the whys, studying in school takes on a whole new meaning and becomes well-founded: you learn to delve into the details of the text and find variables in the equation, which will help you in the future to find the right approaches to solving everyday problems.

Have you ever met people who inflate every small problem to the size of an elephant? It's because they are not used to dealing with inconveniences. On the beaten track, everyone knows how to solve big world problems by voting and expecting the authorities to perform their duties; in practice, everyone can contribute to reducing the size of the world's problems if we see that our seemingly small everyday problems are parts of those huge ones. 

People can't go on with chaos in perception. World order is an obvious undeniable thing – the objective reality that forces us to put everything in order whether we are humble units or stars. That can only be read monosemantically: the universe is carefully preserving and developing itself, which means it's self-aware. Self-awareness comes from a repetitive motion, which helps us identify ourselves as professionals or operators. The more often and better we solve our problems the smaller the big world problems will become. We must all roll up our sleeves as one if we want our worlds to become better. We should learn to define to which category of big world problems our little problem belongs.

Big, global headaches are the only problems worth solving, by the way. All our little troubles are universal if you look closer. When you have a trust issue with a colleague, it's not your tiny problem. No, no, no! It's a disputing point for the entire society that hasn’t educated its members to delve into the chronicle of events every time a trust issue pops up. This is also why we have poverty problems. It's not only because, as they love to explain, we are lazy or unintelligent. We are passive and disinterested in the industry because of the unbalanced distribution of benefits, which we might want to be better informed about. And when we gather all the information, we hesitate to launch our small businesses or be part of a big or average enterprise. 

Every little problem is part of the big one on a particular level. It is just very thinly sliced.

We have to define it correctly because then, and only then, will we apply the right universal solution. This requires global thinking that comes from a reflection of how to develop local thinking, which can only occur if we want to grow economically.

Suppose we are sinking in the malfunctions of cheap objects. If we have to solve these little inconveniences repeatedly we have obvious economic issues. Look at it from the global point of view and realize that poverty produces a huge amount of garbage as we are constrained to use cheap objects that break easily and illnesses from cheap food that weigh on our domestic economy as well. 

Surely, it’s not up to ordinary citizens to solve all global economic hiccups, all we can do for our personal well-being is review our shopping cart regularly to find something we can do without or consider buying an item that lasts longer when the price of fragility is equal to or higher than the price of quality.

If, for example, we can afford to have a pear only once in a while, we stop craving it and gradually stop buying it—appetite comes with eating. Milk, meat, and grains become our favorite taste and we don't feel like consuming fruit and veggies, which are the source of the most important elements for the normal function of the human organism. 

Organisms should be organized, otherwise they become chaotic and sick due to poor-quality fuel. When we think big about ourselves, we remember to buy a pear when we can afford it because it's good for our health.

The solution to poverty can only be one – mathematical. A penny saved is a penny earned.

Plan your spending carefully, especially for food and essential goods: quality over quantity, less garbage, more health and dignity. Don’t lose your mind over temporary difficulties. These are the problems to solve not our destiny.

Always be curious about why they do what they do. And most importantly, why do you do what you do? It matters! Know that the answer indicates patterns and decide if it's right/wrong in the long run because of the habit you inevitably will develop: it’s not easy to unlearn unhealthy patterns. 

The world is sick, but if we make the right choices that follow well-thought-out logic and avoid creating unnecessary drama, the world will be okay. What comes around goes around. We have to elevate our visions.

People are full of cognitive biases: it’s an outcome of thousands of years of dark ages. Really. What good can we expect? We expect Nothing. It's a lottery to meet someone whose biases can't be applied to this peculiar situation but might appear in the next one. Basically, you are always on the edge of the abyss and never know what bias will pop up next. The silver lining of this fact is that most biases help people survive in these jungles. Most people have good intentions deep, and sometimes, really very deep, inside. If they were taught something ugly from a young age, that's not their fault—they have been irresponsibly programmed that way. 

We need more public information about the technical and financial details of the reality given to us in sensation. Once and for all, we should accept that the meaning of our lives is careful and accurate problem-solving not with the help of swords but by the means of mathematical logic, and philanthropy.

Don't be afraid to solve all the problems so you lose the meaning of life. Remember that perfection is unreachable.