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Nanny-state policies and regulations are often beneficial to the overall efficiency of the nation. I don't see much problem with that. In a way, it's like legislating a major part of the social contract—a moving force behind the enactment of it, if you will.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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