See SelfOrganizingSoftware.

So the universe...

... and our society:

Being at the XpImmersionTwo, I found that talking about the software development process by itself make a lot of difference in an organization.
Thinking about applying this principle to our society may be interesting.
I am not alone, the work started by RobertTheobald on ReworkingSuccessNewCommunitiesAtTheMillennium is a practical approach avoiding the finger pointing to "they".