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Digital journeysDecember 17 2021

The identity conundrum

How do you know that you are you? This existential question plagues humankind, as identification is not the same as identity. 
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The identity conundrum

I was mulling over identity, for the umpteenth time. What is it? Who am I? Am I me? I think, therefore I am, as the French philosopher René Descartes once said.

Identity is really complex. Do you have an identity? How do you know? Who issued it and who owns it? Where did it come from? Are you even real?

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