Like many people I felt compelled to distinguish myself by solving your problem while playing by your rules (rules which aren’t completely clear). But after all … and I guess I should offer an apology if this doesn’t help, but, why should any of that change anything?
Picture someone who for his whole life thought he had free will, then discovered that the universe is deterministic, with all that entails about ideas like “free will” as normal people envision it. This sounds pretty similar to your situation. You discovered that you may at any point “become” or “jump” to another conscious being whose memories are consistent with your own, but whose life and environment/universe is vastly different from your current/own universe.
Then what? What are your goals anyway? How does that change of perspective affect them? How can you best act, adjust yourself to still pursue those goals? What else should matter to you? The waters may be a little muddier than you believed them to be before, but not so muddied that it should be impossible to move forward. Seriously, aside from the vague existential angst, elaborate how this change of perspective affects your beliefs, and what actions you think you should act to reach your goals in life (if you have a good grasp of your goals. If you don’t, then you should solve that first).
Like many people I felt compelled to distinguish myself by solving your problem while playing by your rules (rules which aren’t completely clear). But after all … and I guess I should offer an apology if this doesn’t help, but, why should any of that change anything? Picture someone who for his whole life thought he had free will, then discovered that the universe is deterministic, with all that entails about ideas like “free will” as normal people envision it. This sounds pretty similar to your situation. You discovered that you may at any point “become” or “jump” to another conscious being whose memories are consistent with your own, but whose life and environment/universe is vastly different from your current/own universe.
Then what? What are your goals anyway? How does that change of perspective affect them? How can you best act, adjust yourself to still pursue those goals? What else should matter to you? The waters may be a little muddier than you believed them to be before, but not so muddied that it should be impossible to move forward. Seriously, aside from the vague existential angst, elaborate how this change of perspective affects your beliefs, and what actions you think you should act to reach your goals in life (if you have a good grasp of your goals. If you don’t, then you should solve that first).
Apology accepted.