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consider the cherry tree: thousands of blossoms create fruit for birds, humans, and other animals, in order that one pit might eventually fall onto the ground, take root, and grow. who would look at the ground littered with cherry blossoms and complain, "how inefficient and wasteful!" the tree makes copious blossoms and fruit without depleting its environment. once they fall on the ground, their materials decompose and break down into nutrients that nourish microorganisms, insects, plants, animals, and soil. although the tree actually makes more of its "product" than it needs for its own success in an ecosystem, this abundance has evolved ... to serve rich and varied purposes.