>>No really, we have a mostly working democracy and capitalism ... not helping much ;) In a few decades this will probably be formalized and down to a science,

>>No really, we have a mostly working democracy and capitalism ... not helping much ;) In a few decades this will probably be formalized and down to a science, with advice etc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_governance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_governance But by that time, technical development will have created totally new sets of problems. :-)