# When Might Low Mood Have a Selective Advantage by Randolph Nesse > “In what situations does the capacity for low mood give a selective advantage?” > **— Randolph Nesse**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Randolph Nesse](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27657) — Randolph Nesse's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-087). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Natural Selection|Natural Selection]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “In what situations does the capacity for low mood give a selective advantage?” — Randolph Nesse, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-randolph-nesse-might-low-mood-have-selective ```