I think the concept of a continuous and unitary self is vastly overstated and feels like a missed opportunity to me. I know who I am in this moment. I feel a connection to the stories of who I was before. That’s really all I can be sure of. I also feel relative disconnection from some of the people in earlier stories. Of course, the fact that I have had different names at different times or in different places reflects some of those intentional changes.