Why You Must Build Your Own Solutions When Every Existing Option Feels Rigged

After years of frustration with Wall Street’s confusing, often unfair market practices—and seeing that even big investors weren’t getting straight answers—a team of outsiders finally decided to build their own stock exchange. They knew existing systems worked for insiders, not for those seeking honest trades. Instead of competing for scraps or fixing what was broken, they went back to basics and asked: What rules would foster trust and fairness, not secrecy and manipulation?

Their path wasn’t easy. The idea of building something new felt risky, and early supporters were hard to find. Friends doubted, rivals scoffed, and old colleagues warned them cutting-edge innovation would be ignored or crushed. What they discovered, though, was that even a single genuinely fair alternative—created with thoughtful design and open rules—forced others in the ecosystem to look at their own flaws. Not everyone jumped on board, but news spread fast, and soon people with similar frustrations or values started showing up, eager for change.

Building your own version, even on a small scale, can wake up others and give you more power than you’d believed possible. Psychological studies show that even a rough draft of a better way helps break inertia and proves what’s possible, inspiring others to demand, join, or adapt to fairness.

If you’re tired of waiting for someone else to fix a broken routine, pick just one place in your life where you feel excluded or frustrated. Imagine what a truly fair alternative would look like—clear rules, open feedback, and a voice for everyone. Try launching your own version, however small: a meeting, a group, a creative session, whatever fits. Announce the rules openly and watch who joins, how people behave, and whether new energy or trust appears. You don’t have to redesign the world all at once—just a corner of it. Start this week and notice what changes.