Diversity is important in nearly all aspects, whether it's with computers, or with agriculture.
Viruses can attack a single crop, or a single computer architecture. Diversity distributes the surface of attack and creates resilience.
All of these drawings have been compiled on my website:
https://kokorobot.ca/site/biosonic.html
@rek in the Culture every Mind rewrote its own OS when still in the crèche. #IanBanks