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The Importance of Identity
The main thing is that his big claim that identity is not what matters persists throughout his his life. And he continues to believe that it's psychological continuity that matters. That has implications for how we should regard the past, how weShould regard the future. So if perfect arguments are right, then the gap between us and our future and our past becomes greater. We're more connected to other people and less connected to our past selves and our future selves.