< the beginnings of a personal manifesto?
I'm not sure if people completely surrender their old beliefs when they learn something new. If our brains are the perceptrons we say they are, we usually just reinforce new beliefs with constant exposure to new proof over time, whilst older beliefs linger and fade. It's a slow transitional thing, and your identity changes probably in the same way that your body does over time.
Also, your post reminds me of Olaf Stapleton's Starmaker, where consciousnesses merge and create meta-consciousness that eventually constitute a galaxy sized brain
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~strandedchangeling wrote (thread):
I don't know if I'd say the worldview I've begun to lay out here is right for everyone, or applies to everyone. This is just a metacognitive framework I've built up based on my own experiences, and my own experiences tell me that holding onto a static perception of my own identity and way of seeing the world will only hold me back from growth. It's almost an affirmation to myself to not be afraid of what I'm capable of becoming, because that'll lead to me pretending to be something I'm not long after I've outgrown it.
Interesting rec. Wonder if it inspired the Great Link at all. I'll have to check it out.
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