I wonder if we are de-evolving

 There is a joke image that imagines we are evolving into the next phase of humanity - and it sucks.

It is humorous.

But I wonder if we are really de-evolving in other ways. 

Maybe just Americans?

Think about it a little - all of these relate to some of us at one time or another.

1. We have turned our backs on intelligence. One of the things that differentiates us from other animals is that we have language and the ability to pass it down to our descendants. That means that humans start out ahead, even as we are born. 
   But now we don't believe in science and the progress of the past. It is a privilege of the first world to disbelieve in germs, vaccines, and health. It is a privilege that billions of people don't have -  because they don't have access to solutions. We are so smart at fixing things that we no longer worry that they will kill us (measles, COVID, drug use).
2. We have run out of empathy. There are too many people to care about anymore. 
3. Our attention span has dwindled to nothing.
4. We are losing, in many instances, already have lost, the ability to write by hand. We can still read, but our writing is becoming illegible. Cursive is becoming a lost art. And how do you maintain knowledge if we can't pass it from one generation to another? Our current computer system works as long as there is energy to preserve our files, but without it, our knowledge fades away.  And obsolescence is built into our system.
   I can easily get information from a 300-year-old book, but imagine a work of science that can only be obtained via a 5 1/2 inch disk, or worse, an 8 1/2 inch floppy disk. Without the ability to write and the ability to read other people's work, we will lose our history and science.
5. We are destroying our environment. Almost all animals learn not to foul their homes. We are spread worldwide, and we are shitting in our house a lot.
6. We honor selfishness. Back in the day, we thought about the good of others. Barn Raisings, community food drives, helping your neighbor with food or clothes in bad times. Now we elect leaders who look out for themselves first, their donors second, their families third, and their voters if they have anything left over.

Maybe this is as it ever has been. Maybe we will evolve forward, trusting the future will be secure with AI and scientists.

But I'm not seeing it.