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Jason Cohen: Darwinian company growth doesn’t always select the best companies

February 23, 2016AlmaLinksMember BlogsNo Comments

“Survival of the fittest” is not the same thing as “survival of the best,” though not apparent at first glance.

“Fittest” means “most able to become a grandparent.” Sound weird? You might think “fittest” means “most able to create offspring,” but that’s not true if the offspring themselves are unable to continue the process of reproduction. A horse mated with a donkey creates a mule which is sterile; the parents in this case cannot become grandparents, and thus is an evolutionary dead-end.

The “grandparent” requirement is the only requirement, which means bad things can be “fit” just as well as good things. Viruses are amazingly fit — not only becoming grandparents, but doing so at prodigious rates which make them quick to spread and difficult to stop once noticeably numerous.

Read more at A Smart Bear.

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