The thing about being "rich" is that it means you are post-scarcity. Rich people today already don't have to work. They can just sit around doing whatever they want.

And of course, amongst rich people (who are actually quite diverse in their behaviours, interests, hobbies, relationships, etc..) there are some who are very good, some who are very bad, and many in between.

When we say our whole society becomes post-scarcity, we're really saying that everyone is rich. Everyone gets to sit on the couch doing fuck all if they want to, while the machines and the AIs produce everything.

So, imagine we get to that point. Will everyone work - no, some people will not work. Will some people work - absolutely, yes, they'll work on things they want to, making art of every description (visual art, music, fashion, architecture, interior design, media, etc), designing things, discovering things, debating things, creating new culture.

And there will be work in a post-scarcity society in preventing evil, selfish, violent, crual, destructive people from doing damage. That's going to be a full time job, even post-scarcity.

There will be lots to do. Even when all our material needs are met.

Okay, so what's the alternative?

Who will define the set of metrics or indicators that will measure the degree of democracy, if not a group of 'experts' whose input is compiled together?

I do agree that they could be transparent about this (and to be fair, I haven't examined their methodology to know what their methodology and degree of transparency is), but that doesn't mean that creating a democracy index is a bad idea.

Until our machine learning models actually become artificial intelligences with a theory of mind, they will never be able to actually understand humans and replace psychologists/therapists.

Although I grant you that for basic things, they may be able to assist therapists with, for example, initial triage. But even taking a patient's history is a process that the human therapist will need to do themselves.

Anyone who tries to persuade you that machine learning will replace therapists is peddling nonsense.

In a normal society, why would "additional, optional graduation events" exist?