Biology is a red queen race that can't ever stop.

2025-10-27 · Bits and Bobs 10/27/25

Biology is a red queen race that can't ever stop.
- Something that finds something radically better will quickly dominate.
- Over time it saturates, and then later becomes brittle and vulnerable to a new parasite, and when it shatters competition explodes.

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