To be clear, my question about Taylor Alexander's suggestion is not about alternatives to democracy (of which I'm sure we're all aware of examples), but alternatives to "government".

> I believe we must solve them ourselves directly, not indirectly through government.

And perhaps to refine the question for a HN audience, I'll note that game theory, social choice theory etc, offer opportunities for technical insights to potentially play a part in answering this. But only a part.