I'm somewhat afraid that our species is damned to return to the dark ages. In our modern world, it is possible for the dumbest and most parent-incapable people to have many children and survive for quite awhile, as shown in the movie Idiocracy:
Our society has grown so powerful with the help of technology that the basic survival needs are covered fairly well for everyone, even homeless schizophrenics, so the idea of what drives most evolution (the strongest/most capable will survive) no longer applies. What drives it now is who can pump out the most babies and get more of your DNA out there. From what we've experienced, poorer, less intelligible, less capable families are the ones that have the most children. Thus, the future of our species is essentially these lower class individuals.
I'm not trying to be discriminatory towards all lower class people. Although, I think that's what it sounds like anyways. The fact is, lower class is lower class. The advancement of society and technology does not depend on lower class. It depends on the smartest and greatest people.
Perhaps in the future our species will be split between those that are intelligent and control things, and those that aren't and make the most babies. If it does end up this way, then I hope the smart ones at least perfect cloning technology or an artificial womb. Otherwise, we're all doomed. :(
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