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Evolution produces greater depth, less span. That is actually tenet number 8 (we’re skipping some of them). So could

This is all the fault of evolution. For countless generations our biochemical system adapted to increasing our chances of survival and reproduction, not our happiness.

But why does the fashion industry go through this iterative, and in many ways, wasteful, process? The reason that your shirt was evolved rather than designed is that no one could predict exactly what kind of shirt you would want out of the almost infinite space of possible shirt designs. The old Soviet Union tried this kind of rational prediction

Leigh Van Valen, observed that longevity does not protect species from extinction. No matter how long a species has survived, a failure to adapt can result in extinction. There is no plateau a species can reach when it gets to say, “Okay, the hard work is done. I can coast now, getting by on what I have.” Because all species are continually

The same three essential elements characterize the agents and their strategies in the financial system. There is descent because investors develop their strategies by inheriting knowledge from their mentors, as well as learning from their own prior experience. There is variation because investors tinker with their strategies to improve them. There