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question:how-do-we-construct-higher-order-selves-that-promote-flourishing-for-allhow do we construct higher-order Selves that promote flourishing for all?
Ethical and social scaling problem derived from the multicellularity-cancer dynamic.
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extracted_from(2022) · Michael Levin
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