I think an effective truth machine is urgently needed. As the sci-fi book "The Truth Machine" suggested, it would transform justice, politics, and business. Democracy is a farce without it; humans on average are not all that smart and are readily programmed. Thus 90% of elections are won by the candidate with the biggest advertising budget. Since very large corporations can provide essentially unlimited sums along with lobbyists to make deals, we get what we've got.