ROI Can’t Save Us: Why Today’s Money Fails at Humanity’s Biggest Problems

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/roi-cant-save-us-why-todays-money-fails-at-humanitys-biggest-problems . Why the economy underfunds planet cleanup, and how programmable money could support large-scale air, water, and soil remediation. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3 . You can also check exclusive content about #programmable-money , #stablecoin , #crypto-funded-projects , #planetary-cleanup-funding , #non-roi-public-goods , #o-international , #climate-infrastructure-funding , #good-company , and more. This story was written by: @chris127 . Learn more about this writer by checking @chris127's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . We don’t lack ideas or tools to clean up; we lack a monetary logic that funds non-ROI necessities at planetary scale. If we keep asking capital markets to solve problems that don’t return capital, we will keep getting underinvestment. The path forward is to redefine what we’re willing—and able—to finance, with mechanisms built for public goods rather than profits alone.