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Dark cover with the title in serif type — the word Derivative in italic pink — above the subtitle: desire is the rate of change of identity; a ghosted d/dt glyph fades into the lower right corner.
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“I Want” Is the Derivative of “I Am”

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If “I Am” is a position and “I want” is a velocity, then desire is the derivative of identity: every want splits into a component that grows you and a component that turns you, a want is felt only when something resists it, and whether knowing can bend wanting turns out to be the oldest fight in moral psychology. … Continue reading“I Want” Is the Derivative of “I Am”