> While their population is booming they can't replace the world. I wouldn't be too sure about that. Global population is growing at an astonishing pace, and M

> While their population is booming they can't replace the world. I wouldn't be too sure about that. Global population is growing at an astonishing pace, and Malthus continues to be very popular (even here on HN, where people should know better). > if wealth is a negative for evolutionary fitness Wealth will eventually take us to other planets, which is arguably the pinnacle of evolutionary fitness.