Opposites are joined at the hip. In our last chapter, you and I watched nature use a single strategy that alternates between two opposites, thrift and extravagance. We saw this thrift versus extravagance strategy at work in the tiny, bug-like creatures called tardigrades Sometimes better known as water piglets or water bears. And we saw
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Nature is not a conservationist. And she is not nurturing and kind. In fact, she has a nasty habit of destroying herself. She tosses a tantrum, tears up her existing order, and forces her children to deal with the remains. We call her supersized rages natural disasters. And they are as common as lightning bolts