Think about the person you were ten years ago.
What did you believe back then? What were you afraid of? Who did
you think you'd become?
Now think about the person you are today.
Some things have changed. And yet, you still call yourself by the
same name. You feel that there's a connection between those two
versions of you.
But what holds that connection together?
Are you your memories — or something more?
In Episode 20 of WHAT WOULD YOU TRUST?, we
explore the relationship between memory, consciousness, and
personal identity.
Our memories help us understand our past. They connect
experiences, relationships, mistakes, and decisions into a story
about who we are. But memories can be incomplete. People can
remember the same event differently. And sometimes, the person we
believe we used to be isn't quite the person we are today.
So what makes us the same person across time?
Is it our personal history? Our personality? The choices we make?
Or the way we continue to experience the world, even as our
understanding of ourselves changes?
Imagine someone knew every important event in your life. Every
relationship, every mistake, every moment that changed you.
Would that mean they truly knew you?
Or would they still need to see what you do next?
Perhaps our past helps explain who we've been. But our lives are
still unfolding. We can question what we believe, change the way
we treat others, and make choices our younger selves never
expected.
There are no easy answers. Just one question worth sitting with:
If your memories explain who you've been, what reveals
who you are?
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Are You Your Memories — or Something More?
Season 1 · Episode 20 · Consciousness
WHAT WOULD YOU TRUST? is a psychological podcast
by Jonah Whitmore exploring memory, identity, consciousness,
trust, and choice through questions that challenge how we
understand ourselves.
This episode concludes our current exploration of consciousness
and leads toward the next subject: trust.
Would you still experience the world in the same
way?
EXPLORE YOUR OWN MEMORIES
THE MEMORY INVESTIGATION
A Practical Workbook for Exploring Your Memories
By Jonah Whitmore
Your memories tell a story. Learn to examine it.
This practical workbook invites you to explore your memories
through careful questions and reflection, examining how the past
shapes the way you understand yourself today.
The goal isn't to assume that your memories are false. It's to
look at them more thoughtfully.
Get the workbook:
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BOOKS BY JONAH WHITMORE
Psychological science fiction, thrillers, and dark philosophical
fiction exploring memory, identity, consciousness, trust, and
choice.
THE MEMORY EDITOR
What if your memories were never yours?
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHJ25SQ2
THE FIRST ARCHIVE
A psychological science-fiction thriller about memory, truth, and
what remains after something has been erased.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHHHGBQ2
THE LAST ARCHIVE
Some secrets are buried. Others are preserved.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJ24CPP1
THE UNCHOSEN
A psychological thriller about choice, identity, and the lives we
never intended to live.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJCYXRRY
THE MEMORY THAT REMAINED
He remembers three years of his life. He doesn't remember his
wife.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJZH5RM7
Explore the complete book catalog:
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Author website:
https://jonahwhitmore.wordpress.com/
WHAT WOULD YOU TRUST?
Your memories… or your choices?
Your past… or the person you're becoming?
Your own story… or the evidence that challenges it?
Written and created by Jonah Whitmore.
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