A Modern Utopia , ch. We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship. This dance is a never-ending dance that goes nowhere but is simply expressing itself. In the postmodern age, we can let progress go and talk about process as a creative dance. That's what evolution is about.
Evolution has no point, no meaning, and no direction.
It's just itself. A lot of organisms that survive are in no sense superior to those that have gone extinct. That's what evolution is about. That's why you can see it as a dance. It's not going anywhere, it's simply exploring a space of possibilities.