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We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.

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Vernor Vinge
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 2
Computer Scientist
Mathematician
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Vernor Steffen Vinge
Humans
Baggage
Years
Evolutionary
Deadly
Competition
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Millions
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