Re: Many selves (was Diaries (was: Re: The Pause that Refreshes))

From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Mon Jun 12 2000 - 15:17:50 MDT


hal@finney.org wrote:
>
> > > I posted a message including a question I was pondering: Are there people
> > > who've undergone such radical personality changes that they wouldn't enjoy
> > > being with their former selves?
> >
> > I was once a Democrat.
>
> There's a somewhat facetious saying: if a young man is not a liberal,
> he doesn't have a heart; if an old man is not a conservative, he doesn't
> have a brain. This may correspond to Robin's suggestion that people
> naturally change over the years for biological reasons and not, as it
> seems, that they are learning what suits them best.

For about 15 minutes, at age 15, I was convinced I was a communist....



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