One kind is favouring believing in a very traditional variety of religion (Orthodox Judaism, conservative Catholicism) and not being an environmentalist :-P
Many pressures, of course. How well you deal with diseases, accidents, how successful are you in spreading your genes around...
Many, many selection pressures, no doubt about that. The idea, that there is no pressure anymore since the end of WWII or since any other date—is just plain silly.
Still, that view is a kind of mainstream. For a polite society, the evolution has stopped long ago. But a polite society itself is a kind of selection pressure, too.
What is the selection pressure now?
As Thomas said, many kinds of.
One kind is favouring believing in a very traditional variety of religion (Orthodox Judaism, conservative Catholicism) and not being an environmentalist :-P
Or being on LessWrong.
More like buying into a particular set of EA arguments (and yes, this subgroup is or used to be represented on LW).
Many pressures, of course. How well you deal with diseases, accidents, how successful are you in spreading your genes around...
Many, many selection pressures, no doubt about that. The idea, that there is no pressure anymore since the end of WWII or since any other date—is just plain silly.
Still, that view is a kind of mainstream. For a polite society, the evolution has stopped long ago. But a polite society itself is a kind of selection pressure, too.