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[was_sleeping]

If you could choose to be another person, literally another person right down to your memories and thoughts and skills, would you do it?

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[comesback]

[There's a bit of a pause here. When he finally speaks, it's lightly enough that it's hard to tell if he's joking or not.] Lemme get back to you in about a hundred years, but for now, I think I'd like to stay the same.

[was_sleeping]

I'll make sure to program that into my next scan.

[comesback]

[Amused:] So you can just program immortality these days, huh?

[was_sleeping]

Not exactly. But I can download a copy of my minds as they are now, and then if they're imprinted on someone in one hundred years, I'll be able to ask you.

[lastsonofmars]

I have, at times, adopted other identities, for a short while, but I do not think I would ever want to not be myself permanently.

[was_sleeping]

Why?

[lastsonofmars]

Because I enjoy being me. Because I find value in my self, and because the person I am does not deserve to die. I have done good things, and learned much, and have no reason to think either will end anytime soon. Why should I give that up?

[was_sleeping]

You probably shouldn't.