jackcheng:

Chris Anderson’s feature article in Wired for his new book Free (unabridged audiobook here) includes this great nugget from Cory Doctorow:

The dandelion doesn’t want to nurse a single precious copy of itself in the hopes that it will leave the nest and carefully navigate its way to the optimum growing environment, there to perpetuate the line. The dandelion just wants to be sure that every single opportunity for reproduction is exploited!