I thought in the shower again.
I thought about misinformation and cancellation waves on social media, and I think the fundamental problem is that social media platforms are optimized to maximize engagement—to increase the amount of likes, views, comments—this min/max function. If we had an algorithm that could measure the truthfulness of the content and promote that content, that may fix the issue with misinformation.
Also, I thought about humanity’s goals, like how Elon Musk is focused on survival. I think this is important because it indirectly supports the bigger goal of maximizing happiness. Dead people cannot be happy.
Additionally, I want to point out that minimizing suffering and maximizing happiness are slightly different goals. To minimize suffering, you could destroy humanity, as dead people cannot suffer. So, minimizing suffering does not include survival, but maximizing happiness does.