Conversely, pursuing someone with a close (or semi-close) genetic makeup means
preserving adaptations to an environment — think regional people having immunity to local strains of pathogens.
At the macroscopic level societies of occasions are
preserved in their dominant patterns through
adaptation to their
environment.7 This adjustment is pursued ultimately not for its own sake, but for the sake of providing a stable actual world in which the constituent occasions may be nurtured toward the achievement of greater intensities of self - realization.