I have thought about it from the point of view of the speed limit. I 
live in New Zealand. We have an open road limit of 100 km/hr that 
results in around 300 death per year. If we reduced the limit to 80Km or 
whatever, we know we would reduce the road death, but actually we have 
determined that 300 deaths a year is acceptable for the convenience of 
getting from place to place.

Another angle is that as numbers grow in a group, requisite variety 
increases because there are more people with more skills, that creates 
more and more opportunities for growth so we co-operate, form bigger 
groups for the greater pay off, But, greater requisite variety also 
means greater difference between the parts that means greater conflict. 
Groups grow to the point of acceptable conflict - and the risk of 
falling into deep conflict or violence, a point I call the edge of 
conflict. Any creature not will to embrace an acceptable level of 
conflict will be out competed by other creatures that will and lose fitness.

On 6/09/2021 9:16 am, Alexis Kenny wrote:
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> A few months ago I came across a narrative that described an 
> "invention" that increased deaths and injuries within the population 
> to a significant degree and yet made things easier / more pleasant for 
> nearly everyone. The story ended with a sort of moral dilemma question 
> - asking the reader if they would accept the advantages of the 
> invention even though it would mean also accepting the injuries/deaths 
> it caused. The reader then answers yes or no and then the invention 
> was named...it ends up being the automobile.
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> Long story to a short question...does anyone have the actual narrative 
> of this moral dilemma? I cannot, for the life of me, find it online. I 
> think it would be a useful tool within certain group therapy contexts 
> and would love to be able to locate it.
>
> Many thanks!
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> Warmly,
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> Ali
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