A mob can steer itself, and in the territory of rapid, massive, and heterogeneous change, only a mob can steer. To get something from nothing, control must rest at the bottom within simplicity. Cultivate increasing returns. Each time you use an idea, a language or a skill you strengthen it, reinforce it, and make it more likely to be used again. That's known as positive feedback, or snowballing.
Success breeds success.
Anything which alters its environment to enhance increasing production of itself is playing the game of increasing returns. And all large, sustaining systems play the game. The law operates in economics, biology, computer science, and human psychology. Life on Earth alters Earth to beget more life. Confidence builds confidence.