Khan
Gone but not forgotten
- Joined
- Aug 23, 2006
- Messages
- 6,924
Posted this 09-05-2008:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f29/who-am-i-38476.html
==============================================
Hard to put this in words: I am having difficulty self-referencing to my previous self.
I look at stuff I wrote years ago and I can't identify with that persona; it seems to be someone I do not know.
-----------------------------------
I recall an interview with Paul Newman (60 Minutes?) when he was in his 60s, saying he did not recognize the person from an interview in his 30s.
-----------------------------------
Bertrand Russell in his 80s(?) mentioned reading an interesting essay, wondering who wrote it, and finding out it was himself from ~40 years earlier.
==============================================
Is there some 'me' that exists outside of all those social/political/biological constructs?
Can I create a new construct as I please?
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f29/who-am-i-38476.html
==============================================
Hard to put this in words: I am having difficulty self-referencing to my previous self.
I look at stuff I wrote years ago and I can't identify with that persona; it seems to be someone I do not know.
-----------------------------------
I recall an interview with Paul Newman (60 Minutes?) when he was in his 60s, saying he did not recognize the person from an interview in his 30s.
-----------------------------------
Bertrand Russell in his 80s(?) mentioned reading an interesting essay, wondering who wrote it, and finding out it was himself from ~40 years earlier.
==============================================
Is there some 'me' that exists outside of all those social/political/biological constructs?
Can I create a new construct as I please?