The problem with a decentralized evolutionary economy is that it is blind to long range problems.

The solution is not to abandon the status quo. We are not smart enough to centrally plan even a small portion of it at the moment.

But rather educate the populace through solid, irrefutable facts over a period of time, until it becomes common knowledge that a particular action causes a disastrous effect.

Analogous to how smoking has receded from popular use.