Yeah, the move that interests me would include STEM. I think we need to restore some prestige to the idea that there is a unity of learning. I know it's a lot tougher now than it was in 1500, but an educated person should still kind of have a big picture.
How would you find something like this out? If a worm was eating your brain right now, would you know?
how would you study this empirically (as in, what metrics would you use, what observation/sampling strategy), etc
in this case i also believe in the power of the human spirit (inflexible hidebound territorial hyperfixation of wikipedia editors) to triumph over the machine (dark internet of unlimited procedurally generated nonsense links). but I'm a romantic.
Journalism has been looking for a new business model for over 20 years, ever since craigslist destroyed their old one. They never found one.