The USA needs to get its act together. There are actual solutions to actual problems, and the most visible parts of our government are taking turns trying to hit the other parts of the government with pool noodles.
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Today is the dawn of a new age of innovation in the Empire; today is the March of Ideas!" *aide whispers in Caesar's ear* "Excuse me, I misspoke. Today is the Ides of March! *pause* Oh... oh dear." *gets stabbed*
I'm very curious to see how the various experiments with UBI turn out. What about the Alaska oil revenue per capita distribution? Has this led to the issues you're concerned about?
Does relativity solve the old earth/young earth creationism problem? If the speed of the passage of time for an observer in an acceleration field, both "created in 6 days" and "created in 14 billion years" could be correct.