De-Evolving the Gene Pool

So, here’s a thought.
If our society has removed many of the selection pressures of natural selection, are we doing our gene pool a disservice??
Are we participating in the down fall of our own species?

Without selection pressures, how is our gene pool to improve?

We often joke about the fact that those plastic bags that come with new appliances have the text printed on them that says, “This is not a toy. Do not give to small children.”
That is there because we presume that someone did just that at one point with horrible results.

We do still have the Darwin Awards.
Examples of how natural selection is still functioning.

But with all the safe-guards in our society, how is one to a) learn about the natural world considering a great deal of that learning takes place through trial (hey this might work…) and error (pain) and b) never getting to think about something on your own, evaluate its possible consequences and learn…i.e. deductive reasoning?

Just a thought.
In the words of Jeff Foxworthy, “Let the pain of learning begin!”