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The butterfly dream

Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly, then woke uncertain whether he was a man dreaming of butterflies or a butterfly dreaming of being a man. In an age of avatars and curated identities, the question moves from philosophy into daily practice: which version of you is real?

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