Oh hell - this is politics not mathematics. We as humans are being outclassed in a digital fight with tech companies. We need to have software on our side individually. But we also need the political environment for that.
A generation or two ago most of the western world fought wars over the spoils of the industrial revolution - and built a political-economic environment that benefitted individuals and shared the wealth more so than in hundreds of years.
The countries that do this again for the digital revolution are going to benefit as much as the west did last time.
It might not be us.
Writing the software to guide our lives is the easy part. It's not about social media - that's just the obvious part. This is going to be about all parts of our lives - banking software that considers your long term budget and stops you buying the crap item on amazon.
Software that sits down each evening and reviews how you spoke with your wife / child / co worker
I am going to have to put this into a book form to gain any traction - plus it's 1 am so I am likely not making best sense, but this is so inherent in the technology it just seems obvious as a next step. We will be guided by technology - we cannot possibly absorb all the information in the world so something will curate for us.
The political challenge of the 2-C is defining what does the curation and on what terms. Facebook optimising for engagement is wrong on all counts. What is right is politics not algorithm.