Just to be clear about what evolution optimizes for: It’s propagation of genetic information. Evolution is not kind. And evolution doesn’t optimize for happine

Just to be clear about what evolution optimizes for: It’s propagation of genetic information. Evolution is not kind. And evolution doesn’t optimize for happiness or even health beyond reproductive. Evolution has produced plenty of humans who plead for death. We treat it as a disorder and try to fix it. I’m wholeheartedly on board with (1) not creating more suffering and (2) reducing suffering. However I’m not convinced that evolution does better on either of those two fronts than empathetic humans.