[extropy-chat] Can we improve upon monkey politics?

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

First, I am not so sure we have improved on monkey politics yet. Doing human
politics instead of monkey politics would perhaps already be good enough in
today's world.
Can we TRANSCEND human politics? Of course not, by definition since we are
humans. Posthumans will transcend human politics. Can we IMPROVE human
politics? I think yes we can, by considering politics as engineering: first
we establish some goals, then find out how to come as cloase as possible to
such goals in view of the constraints of the real world.

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So can we (or any group of people who want to forge a
particular future either individually or collectively from a variety
of alternatives) transcend *human* politics in the broader sense
of the word politics? I think my answer is obvious but I am
genuinely interested to hear others.

Regards,
Brett