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It seems to me that human minds aren't so disposed. Humans normally think of themselves in 10 years as still themselves. A person will identify strongly with minds wholly unlike their own if they share a history, such as a mind that was utterly distorted by drugs.
Both of those views are problematic, and both were intended by that statement; the original language has been clarified.
Because we think, "One person, one identity," we get stuck at two extremes: I'm always one person, or I'm a continua of different people. Reality lies between the two, and does not fit comfortably with our intuitive understanding of personhood.
I agree that it is useful to group a casually related set of mind-moments under the label of "one person." I just don't think that this grouping of convenience makes those mind-moments the same. Each is a unique experience.