I am very glad that for once in this sorry business I can agree with

Kathryn. At both ends of life — the very beginning, and the very end — we

have some serious collective thinking to do. Technology is going to push

Rauch’s “hidden law,” which we have

muddled through with up till recently, out to the margins.

By way of illustration, note the rising prominence of the abortion issue in Britain – the very home and hearth of muddle-through social policy.

This is

technologically driven — by improved prenatal imaging devices.