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{{a|philosophy|[[File:Darwin fish.jpg|450px|frameless|center]]}}Firstly, bad {{t|metaphor}} watch: be careful of using the word “evolve” when you mean “develop”. [[Evolution]] is the process of spawning and dying, and leaving it to the obstreperous gods of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water to figure out which, [[if any]], of your progeny should survive. | {{a|philosophy|[[File:Darwin fish.jpg|450px|frameless|center]]}}{{quote|“But if variations useful to any organic being do occur, assuredly individuals thus characterised will have the best chance of being preserved in the struggle for life; and from the strong principle of inheritance they will tend to produce offspring similarly characterised. This principle of preservation, I have called, for the sake of brevity, Natural Selection.” | ||
:— {{author|Charles Darwin}}, {{br|On the Origin of Species}}, Chapter 4}}Firstly, bad {{t|metaphor}} watch: be careful of using the word “evolve” when you mean “develop”. [[Evolution]] is the process of spawning and dying, and leaving it to the obstreperous gods of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water to figure out which, [[if any]], of your progeny should survive. | |||
Now, if you’re the [[COO]] of an established financial services organisation, we respectfully submit that throwing your infants unchaperoned into the mindless ravenous maw of nature to see how they get on while you shuffle off your mortal coil is ''not'' what you should be aspiring to put your organisation through. Evolving involves ''you'' dying, and the — ah — lion’s share of ''your children'' dying too, for the betterment of some unseen replicating subcomponent of the greater whole.<ref>Though, come to think of it, what — or ''who'' — might ''that'' be?</ref> Dear COO: your job is to ''protect'' your firm from the red claws and teeth of nature, not to ''feed'' them. | Now, if you’re the [[COO]] of an established financial services organisation, we respectfully submit that throwing your infants unchaperoned into the mindless ravenous maw of nature to see how they get on while you shuffle off your mortal coil is ''not'' what you should be aspiring to put your organisation through. Evolving involves ''you'' dying, and the — ah — lion’s share of ''your children'' dying too, for the betterment of some unseen replicating subcomponent of the greater whole.<ref>Though, come to think of it, what — or ''who'' — might ''that'' be?</ref> Dear COO: your job is to ''protect'' your firm from the red claws and teeth of nature, not to ''feed'' them. | ||