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In 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.

— Theodore Kaczynski Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How (2015)

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Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.

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