Видоизмененный углерод

Chapter 28

           Yearslater,youmeetthatpersonagain,inthesamesleeve,andyougothroughitalloveragain.What’stheattraction?Isthisthesameperson?Theyprobablyhavethesamename,thesameapproximatephysicalappearance,butdoesthatmakethemthesame?Andifnot,doesthatmakethethingsthathavechangedunimportantorperipheral?Peoplechange,buthowmuch?AsachildI’dbelievedtherewasanessentialperson,asortofcorepersonalityaroundwhichthesurfacefactorscouldevolveandchangewithoutdamagingtheintegrityofwhoyouwere.Later,Istartedtoseethatthiswasanerrorofperceptioncausedbythemetaphorswewereusedtoframingourselvesin.Whatwethoughtofaspersonalitywasnomorethanthepassingshapeofoneofthewavesinfrontofme.Or,slowingitdowntomorehumanspeed,theshapeofasanddune.Forminresponsetostimulus.Wind,gravity,upbringing.Geneblueprinting.Allsubjecttoerosionandchange.Theonlywaytobeatthatwastogoonstackforever.

           Justasaprimitivesextantfunctionsontheillusionthatthesunandstarsrotatearoundtheplanetwearestandingon,oursensesgiveustheillusionofstabilityintheuniverse,andweacceptit,becausewithoutthatacceptance,nothingcanbedone.

           VirginiaVidaura,pacingtheseminarroom,lostinlecturemode.

           Butthefactthatasextantwillletyounavigateaccuratelyacrossanoceandoesnotmeanthatthesunandstarsdorotatearoundus.

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