TheOtherDave comments on Brief response to kalla724 on preserving personal identity with vitrification - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 16 June 2012 05:42:25PM 4 points [-]

I've argued elsewhere that this is the proper way to think about preserving identity. Being me is a property that various things possess to varying degrees, and to the extent to which I value continuing to exist I should value the extent to which things in the future are me.