[chrisseaton]

> Are there any well funded tech startups / companies tackling major societal problems?

Why would you look to tech companies to do this?

Isn't this what charities do?

[hprotagonist]

isn't this what governments ought to exist to do? "promote the General Welfare" is within the first 30 words of the Preamble.

[Ancapistani]

Most people believe so, but not all.

Even so - if you can solve these problems and make good money while doing so, why wouldn’t you want to?

[thrill]

Promote - as in cheerlead, facilitate, protect - not as in, well, try to do by forcing participation.

[giantg2]

Exactly. It's designed from the perspective of protecting people's rights, and by protecting those rights promotes the common good.