As a natural philosopher, my work centers on the concept of excess. I explore why we have too much of everything, from medical specialties to breakfast cereals, and how this overabundance impacts both humanity and the natural world. My research initially focused on human excess, driven by our capacity to imagine and realize future possibilities. Subsequently, I turned to excess in nature, observing its inherent inefficiencies and redundancies that natural selection seemingly fails to eliminate. My latest work proposes a synthesis, offering a new theory on the sustainability and even the beauty of excess.
Philosopher Daniel Milo offers a vigorous critique of the quasi-monopoly that Darwin's natural selection has on our idea of the natural world. In popular thought, Darwinism has even acquired the trappings of an ethical system, focused on optimization, competition, and innovation. Yet in nature, imperfect creatures often have the evolutionary edge.