The Problem with Fixing One Thing - Softcover

Delgado, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798174405653

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Human beings are exceptionally good at fixing things. This is not necessarily a compliment.

We drain the wetland. Put out the fire. Kill the pest. Widen the road. Control the river. Hold the beach in place.

Great. That’s fixed.

Except the mosquito moves somewhere else. The forest keeps growing. The survivors evolve. More drivers appear. The river moves the problem downstream. And the beach, apparently unaware that we have spent a great deal of money on this, continues being a beach.

The Problem With Fixing One Thing is a funny, science-driven exploration of what happens after our solutions work.

Moving from ecology and evolution to traffic, medicine, engineering, and even the chemistry of refrigerators, Sarah Delgado explores the hidden connections that turn simple problems into systems—and explains why solving one part of a system can change everything around it.

This isn’t a book about leaving things alone or assuming every solution will backfire. It’s about asking a better question:

And then what?

Curious, irreverent, and grounded in real science, The Problem With Fixing One Thing is for anyone who enjoys discovering that the world is considerably more complicated—and much stranger—than it first appears.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798174405653
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 159