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Mills, βπ¬π«π°π±πππ©π’ π¬π£ ππ²ππ©π¦π on Substack
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Had she changed as much as her hair? Probably. She wondered if she could even be considered the same person now that every cell in her body had been replaced, more than once. It didnβt seem to matter so much when the effect was growth and health but now that shrinkage and damage were the order of events, it mattered a lot. Was it possible that her
... See moreSophie Ward β’ Love and Other Thought Experiments
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BS : I used this story to tee up one of the central questions the book asks: What does it mean to have a strong and enduring sense of self when everything is always changing, including you? I am fascinated by this paradox. We all want to be solid and stable, and yet we are also constantly undergoing these shifts to our sense of self. I wanted to st... See more
David Epstein β’ "Master of Change"
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Itβs so strange how weβre able to carry forward this mystery of personal identity even when our present selves are so different from our future selves and from our past selves most of all. I think a lot about this question of, what is a person? Am I the same person as my childhood self? Sure, we share the same body, but even that body is so differe... See more
Maria Popova β’ Maria Popova β Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age
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I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am.
- Charles Horton Cooley
botharetrue.substack.com β’ i am who i think you think i am
sari and added
Someone has to tell these kids, βwherever you go, youβll find yourself there, and you have to start to do the work of accepting who you are, as much as you may not like yourself.β The stakes are high.