I'm quite aware this won't be popular, but...I hate stupid people.

IN RESPONSE TO THIS MESSAGE FROM ERIC:
"I'm upset. I just read an article saying that all South African babies born with HIV will receive treatments to let them live longer. Umm...long enough so they grow up and have sex and infect even more people? Good plan. Fu**ing retards. If I never step foot in Africa (except Egypt) I'll be happy."

RESPONSE:
As long as we pause on the continent long enough to say we've Christened it, I'm right there with you. I don't really see the point.

Part of evolution is that the less intelligent die off. The ones who haven't figured out how to NOT get sick (aka treat water, do something with your waste other than put it on your crops or put it in the same stream from which you procure your drinking water, etc). If they can't survive because they haven't figured out how, even when the technology/education is at their disposal (or forced down their throats, since we're teaching them how AIDS is transferred and how to prevent it and they don't believe it), then DARWIN, baby, DARWIN.

The sad part is, that will eventually start happening in the US and the rest of the world as the less intelligent continue to procreate at larger rates than their incomes can allow (or the economy can support/feed), on top of using the only money they have on useless crap they don't need (such as anything nascar, porcelain kittens, the latest gaming system, hot tubs, tattoos, cars that don't work, and sweatshirts with ANYTHING screen-printed on the front.)

I would argue that having the most recent gaming system and regularly playing it actually moves a child FURTHER from being a contributing member of society in the long-run, and further from being eugenically relevant to the long-term continuation of the human race.
The time spent staring at a screen comes at a high opportunity cost, including:
MENTAL STIMULATION that applies to something BESIDES the video game. So your child beat Halo 3 at 12 years old. Can he multiply? Divide? Speak another language (other than something learned while playing an old "Dora the Explorer" game)? Problem-solve (other than how to beat the goblin on level 8 by pressing combinations of A/B/Z/Up/Down buttons?)
This brings us to the second opportunity cost:
A RELEVANT EDUCATION. Topics would include:
-human history: if you don't learn from your mistakes, you're bound to repeat them.
-literature: be honest, in order to understand history and wtf people were talking about, you have to read some of the things they read. You'll then have common ground and understand what they're talking about and where they're coming from.
-wilderness education: if you don't know how to keep from freezing to death, which plants and animals are edible, when to NOT be in certain places, etc, you're definitely in trouble. Not to mention HOW TO READ A MAP. That's right, that paper thing with the red and blue squiggly lines. GPS won't work when there's no one around smart enough to keep the satellites orbiting the earth. (or making/designing the GPS's, for that matter)

Even if you can READ the map, there's still the NEXT cost to consider:
ANY SORT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY- they aren't exercising, which makes running AFTER prey or AWAY from predators more difficult. or biking away from them, etc. (I'm ignoring cars/motorized vehicles in this case because they are bad for the environment and gas supplies aren't limitless. I'm ignoring the possibility of solar-powered electric cars because if "Idiocracy" is in effect, they won't be running anyways. Again, they won't know how to make or fix them. :) )
The lack of physical activity would cause a weaker heart, greater diabetes, shorter life expectancy, higher cholesterol, less exposure to the outdoors (and therefore less familiarity with things like pollen, likely resulting in more allergies, etc.), less muscle tone (except in your thumbs - again, making it more difficult to hunt your quarry). Less exercise is also linked to more injuries. With less intelligent doctors (*cough cough* universal healthcare!), the injuries are more likely to not make it in the first place, and less likely to heal properly, again resulting in problems getting food (or a mate).
True, man can grow food. Learning nothing but the landscape of their living rooms would leave them unaccustomed to physical labor, making it less likely they're able to grow food. Further, the education they could have received in biology and botany would help them understand which plants grow best in which conditions, how to maximize harvest, etc.

THE LAST opportunity cost, perhaps the most costly:
HUMAN INTERACTION. By inserting so many forms of communication between people (IMing, emailing, texting, phones, skype, mail, twitter, facebook, etc), we're actually communicating with each other LESS. This is actually resulting in people never learning proper body language and how to express themselves verbally. This could result in a lot of miscommunication, or the eventual breakdown in human society's ability to come to agreements. Being capable of expressing opinions only with smiley faces and "lol"s does not bode well for the future. It's called VOCABULARY, people! "diatribe" and "harangue" are NOT the same thing as "criticism"!
I have to stop myself or I'll just keep going... GAH!