1. I would like to address the issue of solving problems by getting to the root of the problem, rather than just hacking at the branches.

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As the saying goes, "if you're only hacking at the branches, you're not getting to the root of the problem." This means that if we only address the surface-level symptoms of a problem, without understanding the underlying causes, we will only ever be able to temporarily mitigate the problem, rather than truly solve it.