"Occasionally, life experiences a failure, a mass extinction, where gradual evolution is interrupted. After this mass extinction, evolution responds: new species pop up in abundance, filling in empty environmental niches." "Big History" The revelation brought to me by this sentence is: a momentary shock is necessary for the further prosperity of life, and evolution will not miss this opportunity. And technology, like life, will not let go of every impact. The epidemic makes life science progr...

"Occasionally, life experiences a failure, a mass extinction, where gradual evolution is interrupted. After this mass extinction, evolution responds: new species pop up in abundance, filling in empty environmental niches." "Big History" The revelation brought to me by this sentence is: a momentary shock is necessary for the further prosperity of life, and evolution will not miss this opportunity. And technology, like life, will not let go of every impact. The epidemic makes life science progr...