glen e. p. ropella wrote: > Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > >> Glen wrote: >> >>> We can, post hoc, find examples where an entity (lineage, >>> organization, organism, etc) is pre-adapted for some change such that it >>> _seemed_ like that entity somehow predicted the change. But this isn't >>> an effective tactic. >>> >> It's very effective if the population is large enough. 6.6 billion >> humans is quite a few. >> > > No, a suite of trials is an effective strategy for a multi-farious > composite (e.g. an army or a species); but pre-adaptation is an > ineffective tactic for a small unit -- limited resources -- with an > explicit objective. > I thought we were sort of talking about large units, e.g. sustainability efforts as it relates to survival of governments or the even the human species? It seems to me a government or large company can be agile by through use of non-agile specialists (and more powerful) than small but agile groups -- economies of scale. A benefit of the exploitation phase, also comes with the benefit of the diversification of those exploitable specialists.
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