It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with its environment is a perfect mechanism. Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only those animals partake of intelligence that have a huge variety of needs and dangers. H.G. Wells
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There is a reason why humans have a desire to change and grow as individuals, as a culture, as a society, as a world. We do not always feel as though we are perfectly in harmony with our surroundings. If we never change, we stagnate and die before our time. The only way to make the best out of any situation is to be open to change and see that change as growth. It is a law of nature that we overlook that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble.

Source: The Time Machine

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