My question is how and what are the action items to change it.
More and more are talking about what is happening in our society but very few actually have an idea that can stick and become widely accepted. 
Free speech is the engine but the engine has to run on a path where more and more humans are joining  this path.
Been thinking of this issue for quite a while but no clear call to action so far so maybe it's the place to start something. 
As I see it, humanity is moving to live on the clouds , follow the herd and disconnect from earth, I choose to live on earth and use the benefits of the cloud,use the 'don't trust,verify' approach on publications that I consider important to me.