Cutting the Gordian Knot: Simple Solutions to Complex Societal Problems

Each of the 39 chapters in this book addresses a different problem. The chapter begins with a description of the problem, followed by a discussion of the previous attempts to solve it, and an explanation of why such attempts have fallen short. A solution is then presented that addresses these shortcomings.

Along the way, challenge questions related to the problem at hand are presented to the reader, who is invited to ponder them before proceeding to the next page for the solution.

The ideas and proposals presented in this book are likely to be considered radical by some, and will require the reader to think outside the matrix of our cultural indoctrination.

Below is a list of the chapters in this book, showing the wide range of problems addressed therein.

Campaign Financing
Children: Having and Raising
Climate Change
Crime
Customer Service
Daylight Saving Time
Discrimination
Driving While Impaired
Drug Overcharging
Education
Electing Our Representatives
Entitlement Cost Escalation
Financial Bubbles
Flood Mitigation
Gambling
Government
Gun Violence
Health Care Cost Escalation
Identity Fraud
Immigration
Income Inequality
Inflation
Information Overload
Insect Pests
Life: Creating
National Debt
Photograph and Video Authentication
Religion
Rewriting the Constitution
Same-Sex Procreation
Space Travel
Spam
Substance Abuse
Taxes
Terrorism
Traffic Congestion
Unemployment
War
Weight Management