No , because some of the music I listen to is what you just described . Doesn ' t mean I agree with what the artist is saying , though . It ' s like watching a horror film . It ' s for entertainment purposes only , and it has no effect on me or how I treat people in the real world . If they felt inspired in a not so good way by the music or whatever i . e . they want to go murder someone just for the hell of it then there ' s definitely reason for concern , and I would want to distance myself as far away from that person as possible , AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . <| sep |> Well , folks , looks like we have a conversation on our hands . <| sep |> spoilers for the series in case my spoiler formatting didn ' t work , I ' m on mobile In Neal Asher ' s polity universe , there are which are a previously sentient species which purposely devolved in order to avoid an alien plague which targeted technologically advanced civilizations . It ' s not the main plot but I think it might be what you are looking for . The gridlinked series in particular .