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imnuso | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 lol that’s not the point but okay
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Philip Sheldrake | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Apols if i don’t quite get or address the point.

What i do know about identity after all these years is that it means different things to different people in different contexts. And that’s not an ideal place to start 😆
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imnuso | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Actually *that* is what I meant. 😄 There are functionally very different types (and therefore definitions) of identity. 

I’d differentiate the ones serving (self-)definitory purpose (“who am I in relation to others?”) from this which serve a transactional purpose (“how can others know I (still) am who I claimed to be?”). 

You’re right. That plurality of definitions and functions is an “interesting” point to start. 😄