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SELFLESS: Why “You” Are a Social Creation

The Next Big Idea

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The Porousness of Memory

The wind of the present will shift your memory, right? It's like what's happening right now is going to affect how you remember something a year ago. Every time we kind of reconstruct memories, every time we summon them, and memories themselves are somewhat collaborative endeavors. And if you think of the self as a function of your memories of the past, then you certainly have to think of yourself as incredibly flexible.

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