“Your future self is basically a stranger you're being nice to”
Agree
- Can't truly know who you'll become
- Change makes past self unrecognizable
- Acts on faith not certainty
- Delayed gratification for unknown person
Disagree
- Core identity remains continuous
- Future you is still you
- Narrative self connects past and future
- This breaks useful planning psychology
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