Counter-evolution
Think about it for a little. What is the likely human product of a society with a surplus wealth of goods and time and a pre-occupation with making life ever safer and safer? Robert Heinlein (through his character, Lazarus Long) famously said,
Well, the first two sentences are obvious. But in a society with huge surpluses of worldly goods and services and a nanny state approach to imposing safety, the last sentence does not necessarily follow the first two. In fact, it seems that such a society breeds and maintains (and encourages) and protects stupidity. We are that society... the question is: Who benefits (besides the really stupid)?
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