Reinvent yourself as yourself
The secret with me is that in success, as in failure, in the consciousness of my doing, as in my habits, I am myself. There are a great many who dare not to be themselves. Björnstjerne Björnson
An identity crisis bigger than yours
Human history is one long identity crisis. Science and other realms of culture keep expanding the range of possible answers to the mind-body problem. Inventions as diverse as meditation, Islam, capitalism, Marxism, eugenics, stream-of-consciousness fiction, psychoanalysis, quantum mechanics, computers, genetic tests, MRIs, queer theory, civil-rights legislation, brain implants and LSD have given us new ways …