Who am I? A human body. A bunch of cells interacting with their environment. But I have a concept of self, that is detached from the cells that make up my body. The distinction between hardware and software. My life is a process running on a computer and robot that is my brain and body. Does it make sense to build this abstraction? It does make sense for silicon computers and it explains a lot of my behavior. Personality traits are way more predictable than "random" patterns of firing neurons. So there is a software side to me. Can a running process hop between hardware? God I wish that would be possible. Feels so random to live in this particular body. I can also identify as part of a group. Acting in an abstract role. But still, I only witness the group from the perspective of my body. I am this body. What's part of it and what's not? Only the cells that have my DNA? What about clothes, smartphone, donor organs? Is it up to me to decide? Can an entity define by itself what that entity is? Is this stable and well defined? Who else would tell me who I am? Amazon tells me I'm a part of their customer base. TikTok tells me I'm a part of their user base. Don't get eaten by the monster. Does living mean fighting for identity? I claim who I am and I am the claims I can defend. Holding the boundary between me and the rest of the universe. So to venture out into the rest of the universe requires me to let down some boundaries. Dissolving my identity. In the end, that's my death. To identify with my body is the healthy choice for my body. Healthy for my brain and it's processes. Healthy for me. That's the start of who I am. Claims beyond my body? Will have to think about what I can assert with confidence that it will hold in the future. Seems like there's a liquid part to my identity. Thank you for sharing this walk of thoughts with me. I'm curious who you are.