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Re:Human Rapamycin Longevity Clinical Trials Begin by KirillPanov on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:07AM (#27559543)
> I fear that people would occupy their expended lifespans with centuries of technologically augmented personal drama and sociopolitical "4D chess" - an advancement in complexity of our fundamental primate nature,

You've probably read it already, but Frans de Waal's _Chimpanzee Politics_ ends with the (thoroughly demonstrated by that point) claim that politics is older than humankind.

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Re:Human Rapamycin Longevity Clinical Trials Begin by tnzm on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:50AM (#27560445)
Chimps practice filial cannibalism too. Unless someone proves that the principles behind politics are inherent to the universe at large, I guess I'll keep my hope for transcendence.

Hadn't read that book but I'll check it out, thanks!

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Re:Human Rapamycin Longevity Clinical Trials Begin by KirillPanov on Sunday June 20, 2021 @01:06AM (#27567250)
Well, I can tell you that the book isn't about cannibalism.

It isn't pessimistic about us transcending chimp-ness either. The point is that when it comes to politics, we very definitely are not there yet. Not even close. We've done a better job of transcending our chimp-ness in just about every other field of human endeavor than we have in politics.

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