I think you both have some good points. Escaping death and disease with technology is a slippery slope. If that technology disappears or is unavailable, it pu

I think you both have some good points. Escaping death and disease with technology is a slippery slope. If that technology disappears or is unavailable, it puts a species in potential peril. Selection pressure keeps the fitness of the gene pool resilient, although at a cost to many individuals. This is relevant to all species, human and otherwise.