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Re:You are not your name (2015) by teddyh on Monday March 07, 2022 @05:09PM (#30593997)
I wrote here 7 months ago:

“Other people use your name, not you, so the name belongs to other people. Render unto Caesar, etc.

Your name refers to, not your identity (whatever that is), but the idea of you in the heads of other people.”

— https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28008263

Re:You are not your name (2015) by GauntletWizard on Monday March 07, 2022 @07:27PM (#30595101)
Hear hear. Your name as you present it is an advertisement; Your name as it is spoken is a record.