There is a review in the FT today of "The Future of Violence" a book in which the authors apparently (I haven't read it) assert that as technology improves the

There is a review in the FT today of "The Future of Violence" a book in which the authors apparently (I haven't read it) assert that as technology improves the risk of a violent individual to society increases (because that person has more leverage). This raises an interesting problem : to make it as a society may require a high level of dynamism and aggression. To cope as a society (as technology becomes more potent) passivity and sensitivity may be necessary. It may be that there is no balance, and that if you have enough vim to create a technical society you will reach a point where progress becomes impossible due to progress so far.