The Magical Matrix of Me
Every morning we wake up and reassemble the same convincing mirage: our story. We can't clearly recall the effort it took to assemble a stable identity—there were so few reference points to begin with. But now the process runs like code in the background, a set of reflexive instructions that generate the illusion of consistency. …
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