I wonder if it makes sense to think of organs as symbiotic organisms with shared genome and partially separate epigenetics?
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Does this tell us that the only path to world peace is to replicate this pattern on the international level?!

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Cooperation happens when cooperation has a better payoff than conflict. In a world with limited resources, this may mean that either conflict must become very expensive (which is the goal of nuclear deterrence), or that everyone must be part of the same payoff regulating entity.
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Aren't those institutions called organs already?
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No, I’d think the entire human organism (minus the symbionts like bacteria) is best conceptualized as an elaboration of the DNA molecule, and specialized, individual components such as neurons and organs are an elaboration of specific portions of that genetic code.
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Societies are also large collections of clashing interest groups. Organisms are not.
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