Interesting adjunct of the Red Queen hypothesis: species survival probabilities are largely constant over time, or conversely, species don&#x27;t get <i>better</i> at surviving simply by surviving longer.<p>&quot;Leigh Van Valen proposed the hypothesis to explain the &quot;Law of Extinction&quot;,[1] showing that in many populations the probability of extinction does not depend on the lifetime of this population, instead being constant over millions of years for a given population.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Red_queen_hypothesis" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Red_queen_hypothesis</a><p>This strikes me as fascinating, and makes me wonder about where similar rules do or don&#x27;t apply (e.g., business, organisational, or national longevity, hardware failure rates, etc.).