u/blitzballreddit

This is a recurring human condition:

1. Very senior elders, out of love for their children, want to die before they become a burden to their families

2. The children, out of love for parents/grandparents, are not willing to let go of their very senior elderly family members

Why hasn't evolution solved this impasse?

Why hasn't human families adapted to align the interests between (1) and (2)?

Why must this impasse recur again and again? Can't natural selection find a way to align these interests?

Can't nature suppress feelings of love at this stage so that "letting" the elderly go won't be a stumbling block in the human heart? (example: human civilization to legislate a maximum ceiling for lifespan etc.)

This is a recurring human condition:

1. Very senior elders, out of love for their children, want to die before they become a burden to their families

2. The children, out of love for parents/grandparents, are not willing to let go of their very senior elderly family members

Why hasn't evolution solved this impasse?

Why hasn't human families adapted to align the interests between (1) and (2)?

Why must this impasse recur again and again? Can't natural selection find a way to align these interests?

Can't nature suppress feelings of love at this stage so that "letting" the elderly go won't be a stumbling block in the human heart? (example: human civilization to legislate a maximum ceiling for lifespan etc.)

Just trying to navigate feminist rules of "thinking." Seems to me like equity and diversity are more important than "objective truth" to feminists.