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Some people find their fulfillment in problematic
contexts. They feel at a loss if there is no problem
confronting them. Their ultimate concern is to deal with
problems. They fear the absence of problems as some
people fear heights, enclosure, darkness, or open spaces.
They need to have problems. Such people often appear as
problem solvers. Yet, they must take care not to resolve
all problems---lest they be left without their source of
meaning. They often trade in one problem for two or more
new problems---while apparently "solving" the problem
which they trade in. When a problem might be eliminated
by one course of action, they tend to solve it by another
course of action which occasions additional problems which
will give their lives meaning. Their lives are dedicated
to solving problems for their own satisfaction, not to
helping people.
Highway builders will solve a transportation problem
by building new highways which generate additional
traffic, rather than by helping eliminate the need for
traffic.
Doctors will solve a dis-ease problem by treatments
which put people ill at ease, rather than by helping
people get to the root of their dis-ease. To get to the
roots of dis-ease would not generate economic problems for
doctors to solve.
Lawyers solve problems by helping generate more laws
which will occasion them more business, rather than by
helping people transcend legalism.
Teachers try to solve problems by educational
programs which make students dependent upon formal
instruction, rather than by offering programs which
encourage students to become independent of formal
instruction.
Social workers try to solve social problems by social
welfare programs which make people dependent upon social
welfare programs, rather than by helping people in need to
learn how to set their priorities and become politically
effective in dealing with their problems.
Technocrats try to deal with the problems generated
by technology---by generating additional technology,
rather than seeking to understand the limitations of
technology.
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