Being a former Lutheran I pondered this question ever since lining up a pool shot around ten years old and it dawned upon me I would die in the future. Given all the reveals recently that I will sum up as a real Truman Show we can conclude a few things: 1) Humans are not inherently good; 2) Classical Free Will does not exist; 3) Ever since the first State-Sponsored Large PsyOP of “1-AD Jesus” we have been living under constant PsyOps.
> I wonder whether people who are impulsive ... actually lack this instinct of psychic unity across time
Psych suggests that they might. Impulsivity is a cardinal trait of borderline PD. These patients are described as having identity diffusion, which is what classically separates them from 'neurotic' patients. This is a rather broad and hard-to-pin down concept, but part of it is a lack of continuity in the sense of self over time.
Interesting post. I’ve often used a line on myself to reframe an activity I don’t want to do right now and would rather procrastinate on. I say something like “Don’t hurt your future self. Do this now.” Or future you will thank you for doing this now.
I suspect that the reason I don’t care too much about the tenuous connection between me today and me twenty years ago may be the chain of ownership. If I could perfectly clone myself there is a break in the chain.
Though I accept the break in the chain that happens everday … sleep.
Being a former Lutheran I pondered this question ever since lining up a pool shot around ten years old and it dawned upon me I would die in the future. Given all the reveals recently that I will sum up as a real Truman Show we can conclude a few things: 1) Humans are not inherently good; 2) Classical Free Will does not exist; 3) Ever since the first State-Sponsored Large PsyOP of “1-AD Jesus” we have been living under constant PsyOps.
> I wonder whether people who are impulsive ... actually lack this instinct of psychic unity across time
Psych suggests that they might. Impulsivity is a cardinal trait of borderline PD. These patients are described as having identity diffusion, which is what classically separates them from 'neurotic' patients. This is a rather broad and hard-to-pin down concept, but part of it is a lack of continuity in the sense of self over time.
Interesting post. I’ve often used a line on myself to reframe an activity I don’t want to do right now and would rather procrastinate on. I say something like “Don’t hurt your future self. Do this now.” Or future you will thank you for doing this now.
I suspect that the reason I don’t care too much about the tenuous connection between me today and me twenty years ago may be the chain of ownership. If I could perfectly clone myself there is a break in the chain.
Though I accept the break in the chain that happens everday … sleep.