Highly recommend watching Don Hertzfeldt's animated short 'World of Tomorrow' that explores precisely this.
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Thank you. I will.
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"History starts and ends with identity" Herrzfeldt's "it's such a beautiful day" is brilliant on the topic of identity and experience too
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I look forward to the day humanity transcends their biological heritage.

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Don't. The only thing that allows for, and necessitates, the illusion of identity is transience. History starts and ends with identity.
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I wonder if you meant personal identity or identity as a human.
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In infinite time identity of any kind is an impossibility. It cannot be defined in relation to anything but itself.
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I just did. Excellent. I always enjoy your stories recommendations.
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this doesn't account for the fact that immortality will have a high cost associated. the opposite is far more likely for those few
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