My maxim is about the importance of relative fitness within and among groups. Let’s say you’re playing Monopoly and you’re offered $1,000, but the deal is every other player gets $2,000. It’s smarter to refuse, even though you’d be richer in absolute terms, you’d be poorer in relative terms — and further from winning. Natural selection is like Monopoly. It favors traits that are more fit than alternative traits in the vicinity, not traits that are fit in an absolute sense. - bigthink.com