Why is it that we are constantly misled into thinking big problems need big solutions?

All our lives, we're taught that big problems call for big solutions. The more complex an issue, the more people – and the more money – that should be involved in finding a way out of it, whatever “it” may be. We're led to believe big important problems need big important names, big important ideas, and big important titles that are usually in the form of a witty acronym (the Milk Income Loss Contract Program for dairy farmers, abbreviated MILC, comes immediately to mind).

But all this “big” talk, to me, seems like a misconception. Arguably, it may even be one of the ideas holding us, our nation, our culture and our community, back. It’s no surprise that big solutions are often costly, complex and yet, for some reason, they're still favored by the masses, meaning they're usually implemented but eventually fail.