We need to put the filtering / ranking function back into our hands. We need a browser that can learn our preferences and enforce them, while protecting our privacy as well. Ad block lists are a start, but they only filter ads and don't re-rank the feeds.
Permanently block Quora and Pinterest from any results
Choose how to sort my results. Why doesn’t google have that?
Have the option to prioritise forum pages
Have a clear choice between getting generic results and personal algorithm results
You need the filtering processing to be local and visible but you can't win the fight by avoiding all filtering.
IMO what makes sense is manually curated sources for your knowledge area and the rest machine-picked for you to read and retain a general knowledge of the world.