Problems You Cannot Finalize

Human society can't solve a "Wicked" problem with a single, final answer. In 1973, design theorists Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber used the term in social policy and planning to describe issues that resist resolution and lack a clear stopping point. "Wicked" here means hard to settle, not evil, and each attempted solution changes the problem or exposes new ones. The result is management and mitigation, not a neat cure.

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