[NEWS] Five notes about humans: DNA privacy, narrative/history, longevity/health, weight, Aadhaar

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• This Los Angeles Times article notes that enough Americans have made their genomes public, via DNA sequencing kits, that the identities of even those Americans who have not done this can be easily figured out.


• Angela Chen at The Verge interviews Alex Rosenberg, a neuroscientist who argues that the human temptation to find narratives anywhere keeps us from properly understanding our history and our evolution.


• Instead of working to extend the maximum human lifespan, this article argues, we should work on extending the maximum healthy human lifespan.


• Graham Isador at VICE writes about what he has learned, about weight loss and his own body, after his own highly-publicized crash regimen.


• Adam Minter at Bloomberg View suggests that the model of India's Aadhaar digital ID system could prove very useful for African countries.