Hmm. It’s an interesting point. The elite certainly seem like a possible example. In an egalitarian society everyone is equally likely to be put in danger (death is the ultimate mutation!), but with power hierarchies such as between elites and everyone else, the more powerful can afford to change less, to be safer and live longer, while pushing the risks onto everyone else.
Cancer is kind of like that too. Maybe senescent cells? I need to research the aging stuff in order to have an opinion here. Really this seems like a very general description of what happens when parts of a system start placing themselves above the rest.
Hmm. It’s an interesting point. The elite certainly seem like a possible example. In an egalitarian society everyone is equally likely to be put in danger (death is the ultimate mutation!), but with power hierarchies such as between elites and everyone else, the more powerful can afford to change less, to be safer and live longer, while pushing the risks onto everyone else.
Cancer is kind of like that too. Maybe senescent cells? I need to research the aging stuff in order to have an opinion here. Really this seems like a very general description of what happens when parts of a system start placing themselves above the rest.