They don't refer to an objective truth, and only appear relative to a suitable systemic decomposition. You can also say that you are the representative of the set of parasites that have convinced you that they are you.
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Even a sense of purpose that seems extrapersonal is usually very personal, though the person may be an outlier.
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The person is an arbitrary fiction of the mind. It is only a part of our identification (except for true sociopaths), and we can even turn it completely off without losing our mind. What we identify with is what our mind tries to preserve and regulate for.
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Have you read Kevin Kelly's What Technology Wants?
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No, what does it want?
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