I have always seen our Tech advancements to ultimately enable us to go to and populate other planets.
Okay, before someone jumps into we as humans are destroying our planet and such, consider this, we are a lot better today in preserving our planet, than what we were in the 1800's. If we still did some of the things today that we used to back then, example, almost every water supply we have would be most likely be lead or mercury based.
Of course we have a long, long ways to go before we start moving to other planets, but I think that would be a great idea.
I tend to see the phrase, as you're expressing it, "Laws of Nature" more as "Universal Balance". In other words for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Elder Asian philosophy uses the term, butterfly wings on one side of the world creates tornados on the other side. In our bending to it we can choose a couple of paths. We can either choose not to do some action. Thereby not disturbing the balance or we can proceed with an action and disturb the balance. If we proceed with an action it is up to us to foresee the possibilities of the reaction. Example, if you build a house in a hillside ravine you should realize that one day it might rain, or snow greatly, and that house could possibly be demolished by flood, mudslide, or avalanche.
Do we obey "Natural Selection"?
Yes, we do.
We as human beings have been selected naturally, at least for this moment in time, to be at the top of the food chain.
I enjoy our tech advancements and I look forward to a Jetson or Gattaca future.
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