There is one book by Lem, one of my favourite which was never translated to English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_on_the_Spot https://en.wikipedia.

There is one book by Lem, one of my favourite which was never translated to English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_on_the_Spot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation_on_the_Spot In which he describes a variant of reality where civilisation, engineers a security sphere on reality (called etykosfera - sphere of ethics, with nanobots called Bystry), which prevents beings from hurting them selfs in anyway. He explores social consequences of such security layer. Amazing book.