Sameness is Maladaptive

Look in the mirror
And see how you've been taken
You won't surrender
But now your heart is breakin'
--John Waite

Sameness, uniformity, standardization. Many associate these with order, control, stability. In the near term, that illusion is seductive.

But the nature of the university is not grounded in similarity. It is grounded in differences, diversity, change. Darwin observed the importance of variation in adaptation.

Natural order is spontaneous and dynamic.

Sameness is maladaptive. Stabilization is chaos.