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> [A free society that allows each individual to seek his or her own selfish ends (without deliberately trying to harm anyone else) will produce a state in which everyone's interest is optimized without any individual knowing in advance what that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-kauffman/a-free-society-that-allows-each-individual-to-seek-his-or-her-own/)

[Stuart Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-kauffman/)

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## More by Stuart Kauffman

> [“Pick up a pinecone and count the spiral rows of scales. You may find eight spirals winding up to the left and 13 spirals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-kauffman/pick-up-a-pinecone-and-count-the-spiral-rows-of-scales-you-may-find/)

[Stuart Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-kauffman/)

> [Deep in the chaotic regime, slight changes in structure almost always cause vast changes in behavior. Complex controllable behavior seems precluded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-kauffman/deep-in-the-chaotic-regime-slight-changes-in-structure-almost-always/)

[Stuart Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-kauffman/)

> [Pick up a pinecone and count the spiral rows of scales. You may find eight spirals winding up to the left and 13 spirals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-kauffman/pick-up-a-pinecone-and-count-the-spiral-rows-of-scales-you-may-find-2/)

[Stuart Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-kauffman/)

> [A couple in love walking along the banks of the Seine are, in real fact, a couple in love walking along the banks of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-kauffman/a-couple-in-love-walking-along-the-banks-of-the-seine-are-in-real/)

[Stuart Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-kauffman/)

> [It is my belief that we need a new transnational sustaining 'myth' that can impart value and respect. It is my further belief that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-kauffman/it-is-my-belief-that-we-need-a-new-transnational-sustaining-myth-that/)

[Stuart Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-kauffman/)

> [A free society that allows each individual to seek his or her own selfish ends (without deliberately trying to harm anyone else) will produce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-kauffman/a-free-society-that-allows-each-individual-to-seek-his-or-her-own/)

[Stuart Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-kauffman/)

> [Evolution is not the enemy of ethics but its first source.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-kauffman/evolution-is-not-the-enemy-of-ethics-but-its-first-source/)

[Stuart Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-kauffman/)

> [“If biologists have ignored self-organization, it is not because self-ordering is not pervasive and profound. It is because we biologists have yet to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-kauffman/if-biologists-have-ignored-self-organization-it-is-not-because-self/)

[Stuart Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-kauffman/)

> [Yet what is more awesome: to believe that God created everything in six days, or to believe that the biosphere came into being on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stuart-kauffman/yet-what-is-more-awesome-to-believe-that-god-created-everything-in/)

[Stuart Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stuart-kauffman/)

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