Editorials Natural Selection We have, in the past hundred years, beheld technological advances the likes of which were literally unimaginable. There are still people alive who can tell stories about living before simple things like indoor plumbing, telephones and even electricity existed. In the 14th century a plague spread across Asia, Europe and Great Britain with such virulence that the course of human history changed forever. A plague that wiped out a third of mankind, in retrospect, was a wake up call from Mother Nature.
Nature is the ultimate struggle, the struggle to live.
In this struggle, according to Charles Darwin, those organisms better adapted to the environment survive and reproduce, while those least fitted do not. Herein lies the problem as we embark on the twenty first century. As westerners, and the world's rich, we have surrounded ourselves with luxury. There aren't many among us, compared to many regions internationally, that do not have that which we need, and far beyond. The fact you are reading this suggests the idea that you have a personal computer, something far beyond the reach of half, or more of the human population.