Warren Ellis, as usual, is ahead of the curve. One of the most interesting characters in Normal is a (seriously mentally ill) futurist who conceives of her mic

Warren Ellis, as usual, is ahead of the curve. One of the most interesting characters in Normal is a (seriously mentally ill) futurist who conceives of her microbiome as a separate entity and talks to it like she suffers from DID. It's a whole book about how a sufficiently-obsessive focus on the future can break your identity, so this is a nice fit.