Thought Experiment: oh no!! You have been castrated!! You will never have intercourse again, nor bear any children. How does your life change? What choices will you make differently (if any)?
Drive towards unity for that which dwlindles; that would be a good starting point too.
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I don't quite follow, could you elaborate?
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Nietzsche spoke in his Nachlass of the ethical thought of unity (ie. that which you'll find in fascism, communism, christianity, idealism) as a biological reality found all across the living realm, even in unicellular beings, a drive towards annihilation of the self.
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Ahh yeah, ecstatic union with a group, echoed by Fromm's "orgiastic experience" (and popularized by Brave New World and the 90s rave scene). I guess the broader question is "what are the experiences humans live for?" and maybe this is what Yudkowsky's fun series is about...
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