Progress at risk from too much red tape

The ever-evolving regulatory environment could be making society too complex for its own good, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Can a society become just a little too clever, too complex for its own good?

The recent surge in support for politicians peddling simplistic solutions could be viewed as a reaction against a world which has grown so sophisticated, so heavily based on rules that, at times, it can seem that it is simply too hard to get anything much done.