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If you haven't yet read it, I highly recommend Greg Egan's short story "Learning to Be Me" (http://will.tip.dhappy.org/revolution/Technoanarchist/plan/.../book/
by jrussino 10y ago
If you haven't yet read it, I highly recommend Greg Egan's short story "Learning to Be Me" (http://will.tip.dhappy.org/revolution/Technoanarchist/plan/.../book/by/Greg%20Egan/Learning%20To%20Be%20Me/ http://will.tip.dhappy.org/revolution/Technoanarchist/plan/....), a story with a similar take on this topic.
- zyxley 10y agoThat's not really the same idea, though. The parent post is proposing more or less a ship-of-Theseus approach, while "Learning to Be Me" is more "make a new ship that's identical to the first one, then quietly destroy the first one and pretend the second one is a continuation of the first one".