Meet Your Future Self || Hal Hershfield
The Psychology Podcast
The Self Isn't the Meat on My Bones
The self isn't necessarily like the meat on my bones and it's not you know the my face and my name but sort of like what i stand for and the values that i have. I do think it can help confront mortality because it allows us to see how those aspects of ourselves can be continuous between our own selves over time or in the selves of others. A good friend got diagnosed with stomach cancer about two years ago and he said that some of these older ideas from their parfit the philosopher actually really comforted him knowing that part of him is going to live on. That didn't make it any easier for for those around him i think but i think it probably helped him during that
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