As a person who identifies as a plural and finds it useful to identify characters or sub-agents in my mind, each new character is not necessarily a new part of me. It is a piece of me that has, before now, operated below the surface of my awareness, and I want to “disambiguate” that identity to bring it into focus, make friends, and share knowledge.
Read MoreWhen I say I am a plural system, what I mean is that I articulate my concept of self in terms of many people. Speaking in terms of “me” and “I” is accurate enough, for most interactions, but it’s a simplification. What’s actually happening from my(our) point of view, is that a whole team of people confer about what to say and agree on how to say it. “I” am a collaboration.
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