I'm *super* excited about genetically modified humans. Looking forward to people who are not only healthier, more cognitively flexible and more physically capable, but also happier and more altruistic
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Replying to @webdevMason @natfriedman
I think it's a genuine possibility that human beings will solve some of our worst, seemingly-intractable cooperation problems as a result of modifying ourselves away from our species baseline on tribalism/aggression
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Replying to @webdevMason @natfriedman
Life is computationally irreducible. We have been doing this already for millions of years through natural selection. Designer humans, rather than humans born out of love, are subject to the tyranny of their creator
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To create a more human society we need to become more human ourselves
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“I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.” William Blake
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Replying to @mwilcox @natfriedman
Wow, this is a whole lot of word salad.
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What are the traits of a generalist?
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Like, the spear-throwing thing *seems* clever, until you consider that maybe there aren’t so much “spear-throwing genes” as there are genes for things like dexterity and intelligence, which are pretty generally useful
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