SURVIVAL

The continuance of a system's organization after the circumstances in which it originated or which could have caused its destruction have passed. In evolution, the process of natural selection is the ultimate decision maker for whether something survives or disintegrates into its components. To survive, a system must not possess disadvantageous or non-viable characteristics (which does not imply survival of the fittest, a common misconception). (Krippendorff)

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