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Questions:
- We keep sick people alive, and these sick people have kids. The kids have many of the same genes as their parents, including those genes that select for disease. Thus, those children are likely to get the same disesases as their parents had. This, to me, seems to perpetuate a weak human genetic code - diseases appear more often, and sick people procreate. Is this good for the human species?
- We also have a consumer culture, one which requires almost no effort on our part in order to get "stuff." Want a big TV? Sit at your desk a couple more hours each day, and your extra wages will get you a bigger TV. Want a nicer car? Fix a few more computers and you'll be able to afford one. There's very little effort involved in acquiring material goods. You certainly don't have to traverse the Silk Road in order to get spices. Thus, weaker, less-motivated people survive with lots of luxury items. In the past, these people would die off due to lack of heat in their homes, or lack of food for sustenance. Now, we're surviving because it's so darn easy to get what you want.
Questions:
- Is medicine breaking evolution?
- Is consumerism breaking evoution?