> The best one can hope for is to reduce the
> incidence and impact of these dysfunctions - and that brings us to
> institutions building. In other words, the best we can hope is to
> create
> institutions that isolate learned stupidity and neutralize its impact
> on
> society at large.
On your premises this "we" is a tiny number, isn't it? Assuming they know what kind of institutions will do this, how do they go about acquiring the power to create them?
Ted