“Thankfully, the world is not constructed entirely around pain and exploitation. Competition alone does not explain the world’s abounding beauty and mutualistic interactions. And just as white people are not biologically superior to any other race, humans are not inherently “more evolved” than other species. As humans, we evolved within a consortium of organisms—bacteria, fungi, plants, and other animals—some of whom were thriving on this planet for millions and even billions of years prior to our emergence. The forces of evolution do not move in any predetermined direction.”