I suggest instead cutting to the heart of it: * Ensure that men with guns cannot be paid. If you do that, every empire falls. It is not necessarily a technica

I suggest instead cutting to the heart of it: * Ensure that men with guns cannot be paid. If you do that, every empire falls. It is not necessarily a technically sophisticated problem - it happens naturally through economic constraints. Technology can have a role in how rapidly that develops, though. The "this software shall be used for Good, not Evil" clause may be enough to tip a balance.