Life

Through the creation of life, the "and" imposed order upon the chaos of the "or".  This earth was was set upon by swirling clouds of poisonous gas, and violent streams of boiling plasma erupting without provocation.  According to one theory, somewhere, some of this much hardened into a lipid like substance, shielding the chemicals inside from the fury of the world, and within these lipids the chemical reactions necessary for the existence of life began to take hold.  The order imposed by the "or" was initially tyrannical.  Diversity was an afterthought.  Somewhere along the line, these single celled creatures discovered chlorophyl, which they used to convert water, carbon dioxide and sunlight (which is energy), into food. These algae conquered the earth.  But they made the mistake of emitting oxygen.  And this oxygen made the earth a more hospital place for animals like us, in part by converting methane and ammonia to carbon dioxide and nitrogen.  The "and" had vanquished the chaos of the unrestrained "or" by itself becoming a tyrant, something that happens all to often in the human world.   However, by creating the prosperity of an oxygen rich environment, the "and" created the conditions for the "or" to assume its rightful place.  Creatures that breathed oxygen and ate algae were formed, and later creatures that ate these creatures came into being.   The diversity of the "or" began to take hold.