> despite the ridiculous benefits available once a species gets through it From an evolutionary perspective, the benefits are far from proven. On an evolutiona

> despite the ridiculous benefits available once a species gets through it From an evolutionary perspective, the benefits are far from proven. On an evolutionary timescale, civilization hasn't been around that long and has had a disproportionate number of existential risks over its timescale. In the nearer term, there is also evidence for large scale dysgenetic fertility in many countries with respect to genotypic IQ. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence