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And yet it has led to billions of years of life… and you. Boom and bust, massive growth and dieoffs… and mass extinctions are all part of the development that
by colechristensen 3y ago
And yet it has led to billions of years of life… and you.
Boom and bust, massive growth and dieoffs… and mass extinctions are all part of the development that led to this point. You don’t get here without them.
- stavros 3y agoYes, it's adequate, but it's not particularly good. As the ancestor said, if your thermostat had such swings, it'd be a horrible regulator.
- jojobas 3y agoThe thing is, nature didn't evolve to regulate or find equilibriums, it evolved to seize opportunity on an individual level. It doesn't favor stability at all, a species with a new ability can drastically change the landscape instantaneously.