2014/08: The Disestablishment of Paradise -- Phillip Mann

2014/08: The Disestablishment of Paradise -- Phillip Mann

We as a race will make the same mistake as we always have. We will try to control by force what we could perfectly well live with by reason alone.’ [loc.901]

I read this because it's on the 2014 shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, which I was discussing at Eastercon.
( slightly spoilery review )