> I wonder if there's a way to keep the positive effects of such diversity but mitigate the drawbacks The answer society mostly settled on is representative de

> I wonder if there's a way to keep the positive effects of such diversity but mitigate the drawbacks The answer society mostly settled on is representative democracy. You appoint qualified candidates via consensus, and then give them the microphone and some measure of control as long as the consensus stays strong. This is sort of what we have now with influencer culture. The flaw has always been human nature. It turns out that half of all people are of below average intelligence and they consequently make bad decisions. Especially if the smarter half use them as pawns to assume control, which is what US politics has become. Once the Morlocks and the Eloi have settled into their roles the entire thing falls apart and democracy dies screaming.