Sustainability is not something optimized by natural selection either, all that matters to get a trait adopted by a population is that it provides a reproductiv

Sustainability is not something optimized by natural selection either, all that matters to get a trait adopted by a population is that it provides a reproductive advantage to the individuals with the trait, which has frequently in the past resulted in ecological collapse. The most disastrous and classic example being the first organisms to emit oxygen which at the time was a deadly poison, is assumed to have killed a huge percentage of the species on earth, and could easily have resulted in a genuine full wipe. We're smart enough that we should be able to avoid anything like that if we put in the work but don't glorify what's natural, we should be looking for our own solutions.