I agree with the over confident architect syndrome you suggest, but there is more to solving the current set of problems than just democratizing access to oppor

I agree with the over confident architect syndrome you suggest, but there is more to solving the current set of problems than just democratizing access to opportunities. There is an accelerating shift towards a world where the only valuable human labor is that of ever more exclusive elites. We deal more and more with information, and going from information to things requires fewer and fewer humans. You need only one search engine, one Operating System, one browser, one online retailer. And only a handful of engineers, scientists, a few artists, writers, athletes, politicians, to satisfy the needs of the entire population. In other words while for a few outliers the rewards will be fantastic most human's economic value is trending towards 0. There is really a need to address the resulting inequality and crisis in meaning, tweaking capitalism is not going to be enough.