@artisticphilosopher that is an interesting point of view. I'm lost when you transition into the evolution of the individual though, which is probably just philosophical and not relating to a true evolutionary pathway for a species. I can amputate my legs, attach wheels, and say this is individual evolution, but unless I can add the gene for wheels to myself and a suitable mate and then become isolated somewhere where I can procreate prolifically, its not evolution, my mods are not going to take hold.
I'm much less philosophical than you, but I think your “new evolution” does fit within the framework of modern selection pressure.
We tend to find any conscious selection pressure “culturally unacceptable” and akin to eugenics, which I think is fairly understandable but the worst outcome. The fear of eugenics is also it's own selection pressure, and I think a very frightening one. The selection caused by the fear of eugenics is probably causing a harmful inverse affect on humanity.
As long as there is life it will fill a niche, with or without us.
