In the short term, natural selection favors self-propagating systems that pursue their own short-term advantage with little or no regard for long-term consequences. (Theodore Kaczynski)

In the short term, natural selection favors self-propagating systems that pursue their own short-term advantage with little or no regard for long-term consequences.

Theodore Kaczynski

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