Adaptation serves a dual purpose: maintaining competitiveness while simultaneously increasing efficiency. This means successful adaptation isn't merely about surviving change—it's about extracting more output per unit of input as conditions shift. Organisms that merely endure aren't truly adapting; they're stagnating at the threshold of survival. Efficiency, not mere persistence, is the true marker of adaptive success.
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