The New Man will either be too dumb to see risk or will be foolhardy enough to accept that risk.
Sexual selection never ends.
Discussion
This has always been the case, I suppose, but the amount of risk you have to accept, in order to reproduce, goes up and down with the environment.
This applies equally to men and women, by the way.
Sounds like a risk-averse attitude.
No, evolution favors the bold.
Ah, then it's more like a recommendation - the dumb and foolhardy are selected for.
Courage is indeed the virtue bracketed by cowardice and recklessness. It recognizes and understands the probability of loss and injury without shrinking from the pursuit of goodness, truth, beauty, and justice.