Class 1 / Knowledge-limited
Khumanity < Krequired
Humanity does not yet know how.
The required knowledge or capability does not yet exist.
A taxonomy of unsolved problems
Two kinds
of hard.
Classify the reason a problem remains unsolved. Then build the right kind of answer.
Class 2 / Coordination-limited
RESOURCE
EXISTS
EXISTS
deploy
NEED
EXISTS
EXISTS
Ravailable ≥ Rrequired
Humanity already can.
The resources or capability exist, but fail to be coordinated, transported, allocated, or deployed.
Initial problem set
Problems that make the distinction visible.
Fundamental physics
Time, energy, matter, gravity, and capabilities not yet known to be possible.
Global hunger
Food exists. Access, logistics, storage, incentives, and distribution fail.
Housing abundance
Match vacant, underused, or convertible space with people who need safe housing.
Zero-kill shelter America
Transport adoptable pets to homes, fosters, rescues, and regions with available capacity.
Do not confuse the absence of a route with the impossibility of arrival.