&#62;&#62;No really, we have a mostly working democracy and capitalism ... not helping much ;)<p>In a few decades this will probably be formalized and down to a science, with advice etc:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_governance" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_governance</a><p>But by that time, technical development will have created totally new sets of problems. :-)