In the very long-run there’s going to be a problem that if the trends keep continuing it will be possible for single crazy people to do nearly indefinite levels of damage. That’s a problem whether the individuals are motivated by religion, ideology, or are just wacko. Charlie Stross in one set of novels imagined a world where there’s a real problem that every crazy person can build their own nuclear weapon, but I don’t think he took it to its logical conclusion. The solution here may be simply to spread out so much to other planets that isolated incidents cannot do enough damage.
In the very long-run there’s going to be a problem that if the trends keep continuing it will be possible for single crazy people to do nearly indefinite levels of damage. That’s a problem whether the individuals are motivated by religion, ideology, or are just wacko. Charlie Stross in one set of novels imagined a world where there’s a real problem that every crazy person can build their own nuclear weapon, but I don’t think he took it to its logical conclusion. The solution here may be simply to spread out so much to other planets that isolated incidents cannot do enough damage.