Carolina QuotesIn 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.
Ted Kaczynski Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 44
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- Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How (2015)
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- 2015
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- p. 44
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“In the short term, natural selection favors self-propagating…” Ted Kaczynski. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-BEA6EBEB60. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/bea6ebeb60
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