I certainly wouldn't call it the next stage of evolution, but it does seem to be increasing in prevalence with at least some of the cause lying in genetics: htt

I certainly wouldn't call it the next stage of evolution, but it does seem to be increasing in prevalence with at least some of the cause lying in genetics: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2765489 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/... I am curious to see how the population changes over time as a result of increased freedoms for women. It's only really been a couple generations so far (and only in some countries), but now that women and men are on more equal footing when choosing a partner (and both sexes are more likely to settle outside their hometown) you end up with a lot more pairings that match career status and to some extent intelligence. There's definitely going to be (on average) a difference in offspring between an MIT dude that married his secretary and one that married someone also from MIT, and for all we know the former may be healthier, especially as you extend this N generations. Of course that's a drop in the bucket relative to overall population size, but I think the effect could exist across various societal groupings.