The gap between technological capability and the ability to deal with the consequences illustrates a problem with our collective intelligence and the ability or

The gap between technological capability and the ability to deal with the consequences illustrates a problem with our collective intelligence and the ability or inability to contain the more volatile members of our species when they make use of technology for their own selfish gain. Morality (the desire to render many shades of grey into black or white decisions) is not going to save you. The only solution that mortality has to offer at this point is to limit technology or attempt to put a halt to further progress until humanity has had a chance to catch up. To a certain extent this is being tried already in various conservative movements around the globe - from opposing stem-cell research to limiting the effectiveness of vaccination programmes. Instead I'd put my money on creating more effective institutions and better levels of organization in order to limit any adverse effects until human intelligence is able to progress at a similar pace.