Crime helps point out design flaws (case in point: Email) and can be therefore be thought as a force fostering or even forcing innovation.
Not defending crime, just pointing out that eliminationg crime is not a pure win-win situation.
Not defending crime, just pointing out that eliminationg crime is not a pure win-win situation.
Disease forces innovation as well. The eradication of polio in much of the world is not a lost chance for innovation--it is a success story.