FWIW I'm not convinced that more appeasement of status signaling stuff would be a good thing, even if that kind of compromise got SENS some more money in the short term.
Living longer is great but living better is also very important. Social games waste so much of many people's lives.
"more appeasement of status signaling stuff", "Social games waste so much of many people's lives"
"appeasement"? Seeking social status is what primates do. It's not even "human nature", it's lower level than that. It's not cultural, it's primate genetics.
The disconnect in the conversations in this thread? Two groups talking past each other? It's because some people are talking about how homo sapiens behave and some people are talking about how homo economicus [1] behaves.
It's not like you are wrong, it's just two conversations happening at once. One is based in reality and another based in fantasy.
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