When anyone says _______ (insert favorite policy, technology here) is “the” solution to a big, complex problem, they are invariably wrong.
When anyone says _______ (insert favorite policy, technology here) is “the” solution to a big, complex problem, they are invariably wrong.
He's wrong.
Counterexample: vaccination and smallpox.
Smallpox was indeed a big problem but it wasn't really complex problem. At least not in the same way sustainability is a complex problem.