All these claims about a change in human consciousness get me worried, honestly. Consciousness changes like they’re thinking of, like widened mindfulness, normally come from epiphanies from within, yes? So what are we looking at here, mass mind control?! I know there are cases with a definite external link, like a former right-libertarian who, after taking Ecstasy, suddenly understood that people besides him have desires, wills, and plans of their own, but the comprehension and reasoning were still fully internal.
Putting aside that evolution doesn’t alter the species as a whole uniformly, but has to conduct over generations. But the TVTrope Smiles Painted on Their Souls comes to mind here.