> The more we learn, the more destruction seems to follow. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the author, but I don't follow this (quite popular) line of thinking at a

> The more we learn, the more destruction seems to follow. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the author, but I don't follow this (quite popular) line of thinking at all. No doubt there's large amounts of destruction and cruelty in the world that wouldn't be possible without "complexity". We should never minimize or forget that. But more destruction with more complexity? It's only a lifetime ago that minor infections had a good chance of killing you or your loved ones. A few lifetimes since we complexified statecraft into one where the powers that be couldn't just off you on a whim. A few lifetimes ago that we figured out more or less reliable ways of not starving. A few generations since we built a complex system to (try to) prevent genocide. You could go on and on. Sure our world is complex. And full of destruction. I'm not at all buying the leap that it had less of the latter when it had less of the former. Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.