Quest for Bigger Figuring Things Out

give tons more individuals the skills and attitudes to figure things out [ideally using free public education system]

fixing issues in science publishing, funding, review, replication, etc.

"big social science"

better democracy [higher bandwidth? and less gated power?]

other data things [lifelogging? not necessarily the camera version though. stuff like covid risk calculator][ trust aggregation? stuff like my other website ideas?]

beyond detailed data, what about:


 * "putting things together"?
 * connections between things?
 * filling cracks in systems?
 * coordinating?

maybe examples:


 * some academic work goes into unifying theory, i suppose
 * business models "put together" value chains and such. if anyone ever has a good idea, should it be a startup?  does a business model fit everything that could be a good endeavour?  and is that the best fit for everything?  arguments that individual things in markets inevitably leave cracks they can't fill, coordination problems, externalities, forced bottle-necking, not everything can (best) be fit into a direct transaction?  arguments for government-type roles, broad insurance/investment, even the types of arguments that get used around UBI.
 * networking...