2: Lay a million eggs or give birth to one, so shall your species survive.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Survival depends on producing many offspring or focusing on one high-investment child.
- In plain terms
- You survive by having many kids or just one well-raised one.
- What can you take from it?
- Choose quantity or quality in reproduction strategy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you plan family?
- What survival strategy fits you?
Another view
It simplifies complex biological and social survival factors.
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