The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 210 of 254
Bundles tied tighter and looser
If that’s right, then virtually every theory of self and personal identity has inevitably gone wrong, because they have sought a description of selves which neatly fits all cases. But bundles can be tied together differently, more tightly and more loosely. This does not mean there are no general truths about selves at all. The nature of our bundles means there are constraints on what kinds of persons there can be. These constraints are sufficiently tight that we never come across other persons who are entirely alien to us.