So many good points here Melinda, yet I can't help but feel that we have to fundamentally change media at a minimum and human nature as a whole. Maybe the good app could do this!

I remember as a child, watching the news and wondering why there were always stories about bad things. The "good things" moments were typically reserved for a feel-good story about pets or kids at the end of a newscast or a charming segment during the weather forecast. Even in sports, there are close ups and replays when someone gets injured or we spend hours talking about the demise of the national coach when his side loses to an inferior opponent.

We fetishize crisis. In the last year, probably 90% of my non-work conversations have been about the pandemic. Conversations about chirping birds, the perfect cup of coffee or something else that brings joy just don't inspire the same engagement.

I'm curious how we could manage ethics across borders. While there are, or should be, common elements we agree on or enforce for the common good of humanity, what elements should be "algorithmized" and what should be left to debate and evolution?