Take memory, for example. How's the going to work given huge timespans? What will it mean to remember something that happened 1000 years ago? Is that even possible for human beings?
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If human beings live for 1000s of years, it's not in the least bit clear the person they are when they're 100 years old is the same as the person they are when they're 3000 years old. It doesn't follow because biological entity endures that the person endures.https://twitter.com/anitaleirfall/status/1130430265497673729 …
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Indeed. Parfit. I'm uncomfortable with the implication that we should have less concern for our future selves and more for others *as a consequence*. Seems very difficult to unentangle my current self from my future self.
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