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 And if it ''is'', sailor, you are hardly well-placded to judge ''which'' version of yourself is best, are you?
-Now, maybe there’s a ''better'' version of yourself out there — one with a keener sense of self-awareness, for example; a realistic appreciation of the manifest ways in which you disappoint those you hold dear, and just fail to animate anyone else — but, in our working theory, remember, that version isn’t the one you’re presently being. That version you might not erecognise, even it if it hit you in the face, which, if the two of you met, there’s a fair chance it would.
+Now, maybe there’s a ''better'' version of yourself out there — one with a keener sense of self-awareness, for example; a realistic appreciation of the manifest ways in which you disappoint those you hold dear, and soundly fail to animate anyone else — but, in our working theory, remember, that version isn’t the one you’re presently being. ''That'' version you might not recognise, even it if it hit you in the face which, if the two of you met, there’s a fair chance it would.
-And, as you wiped the blood from your nose, what would this better version of you ''say'' to you? It would tell your present you that you haven’t, as currently configured, got the gumption to find it. What would your present you say to this better you? ''You wouldn’t recognise it''. O tempora! O [[paradox]]!
+And, as you wiped the blood from your nose, what would this better version of you ''say'' to you? What would your present you say to this better you?
+''You wouldn’t recognise it''. O tempora! O [[paradox]]!
 So you’re stuffed. You could ask a friend you trust — but seeing as, [[Q.E.D.]], your judgment of your friends isn’t much better, that won’t work either.
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 There’s a better version of you out there, somewhere in conceptual design space, just waiting to be ''been''.
+{{sa}}
+*[[Maxims for a happy life]]