Evolution again

Biologist will remind you that the study of evolution is not just the study of competition between species, but the study of cooperation.  Thus, the "and" is always at work in evolutionary development.  It is thought be some that multi-celled creatures evolved from single celled creatures when single celled creatures huddled together, possibly to hide from predators or for protection.  There were obviously various types of atomic bonding involved here.   However, they began to act as multicelled units, and different sets of cells divided the labor between them.  Thus, to a certain extent, the single celled units sacrificed their autonomy in order to survive.  It can be said that through the "and", the "or" sacrificed itself.  However, the eventual result was greater diversity, as we have already seen that units of limited types (say 20 types of amino acids) are combined through the "and" into various sets of combinations, the diversity is infinite.  Thus, the "or" was ingeniously farsighted, temporarily sacrificing itself for its own benefit, or rather that of its decendants.
As earlier noted, the "and" is constantly at work throughout nature.  Bees pollinate flowers.  Birds eat berries, defecating their seeds. Alliances abound.  And yes of course humans domesticate plants and animals, trying to choose winners and losers.  As Michael Pollan points out, prior to the advent of factory farming, this may have worked to the benefit of the animals being domesticated, who were given food and shelter.  Of course, the human act of domestication is also, in several ways a destructive act.  Farmers, and gardeners for that matter, eradicate weeds.  Farmers, in the act of clearing land for their farms, clear millions of other species vying for a place in the world.  The act of domestication inevitably involves the destruction of the "or" for the benefit of the "and", in contrast to the relatively voluntary act of self sacrifice that occurred when single celled animals evolved into multi-celled creatures, the human destruction of the "or" has had disastrous consequences...