It is important to recognize that Herbert Spencer was mistaken in describing Darwinian
biological evolution as the survival of the fittest. In fact, as the eminent biologist,
Kenneth Boulding has pointed out, it is more appositely described as the survival of the fitting,
since an organism's survival depends upon how well it fits into its environmental
niche rather upon by some undefined standard of fitness.
The same can be said of a technological innovation.
It doesn't have to be the fittest in the sense of incorporating the most up-to-date,
powerful, and sophisticated features of the technology. Rather, it should be
fitting in the sense that it should be designated to satisfy
its end-user needs as closely as possible.
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