If this were really the optimal solution to all problems we would already see it not just at the level of human society, but all over nature as well. And yet we

If this were really the optimal solution to all problems we would already see it not just at the level of human society, but all over nature as well. And yet we don't. Group behavior is extremely powerful. It might be the case that atomized individuals will find "truth" faster, but a collective can leverage truth much more efficiently when it is found. Not only that, but nature is replete with organisms for which group behavior is clearly an advantage. I think its interesting that you say, ultimately, that the rational response can't work because of human nature. But if that is the case, then it can't be the rational response. The rational response would be the optimal response that takes human nature into account. I can't say I know what that is, but I doubt its anarchy.