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No civilization has ever been capable of solving the problems of civilization. This is why history hasn't ended yet. We hope that eventually we may discover how to address the problems of civilization. We weren't built for any of this. We have to use non-intuitive methodology because the intuitions we evolved have equipped us for a totally different lifestyle. We have not figured out how to get humanity to function peacefully and productively in these massive systems. We're the first animals to even try to do what we're doing.
Only way we solve all of our problems is fundamentally changing human nature imo regardless of what system you try to put in place
The thing about that is that there isn't a definable human nature, just tendencies and systems. Using technology like CRISPR to force a definable human nature for all humans would likely doom us. It would be nice until the the environment we adapted our species to changes and then no one in the entire population would be capable of adapting to the new environment since we bottlenecked ourselves for short-term peace and prosperity.
I'm not suggesting changing human nature would be anything but a terrible, dystopian idea, just that it's the only way to solve certain problems
The real solution is just to live with the flaws and try minimise the damage