Ie, the present you has no way of overcoming your past self or your environment.
You are answering to someone that clearly expressed that you are your past self. Why would you want getting rid of yourself?
This means that you're essentially sitting in a roller-coaster ride, with no levers to pull or opportunity for change.
Not at all. Human being can learn, practice and make all kind of efforts to change ourselves. Sports, arts, science are all fields where humans show how to improve.
You are getting to the no-levers problem by drawing a line between "you" and "what you do", as if you have nothing to do with what you do. Why?
You are answering to someone that clearly expressed that you are your past self. Why would you want getting rid of yourself?
This means that you're essentially sitting in a roller-coaster ride, with no levers to pull or opportunity for change.
Not at all. Human being can learn, practice and make all kind of efforts to change ourselves. Sports, arts, science are all fields where humans show how to improve.
You are getting to the no-levers problem by drawing a line between "you" and "what you do", as if you have nothing to do with what you do. Why?