"Self-inflicted instinction" ≠ Self-inflicted extinction

Most of Phelan's article is dedicated to the explanation of natural selection and the constant evolution of humans. It is not until the very end where he gives us a clue about his feelings of anguish. Bruce Lahn believes our intelligence is continuously building up and building up with the natural selection process eventually to the point where we can exceed it. We can actually overcome natural selection with the technology that gives us the power of genetic manipulation and gene manufacturing. Phelan introduces his worries when he brings in Paul Ehrlich. Ehrlich believes this growing intelligence is a cost not a benefit (in the words of John Broome). A number of times in the past century humans have had close encounters with extinction and have only been saved by "dumb luck." Ehrlich apparently doesn't give a shit about our speedy evolution rate because he believes we're just going to all die out in the next five generations. How optimistic.
I agree with Ehrlich's statement but not to the extent of the sad conclusion he has for the human race. I do think however, that we are moving too fast for evolution to keep up. The constant global temperature is changing which is causing a whole bunch of other things to change. This is all happening so fast that it is impossible for even one trait to adapt to the changes (of course climate change had to be mentioned at some point in this article). I think Phelan's fears are very legitimate. We have evolved so much that we have overcome evolution and now it can't keep up.