selves

"You could argue that AI used right is capable of helping people become their best selves," Anderson said, noting that education has long been central to TED.

"Thank you for making me feel accepted just as I am throughout the years. I am glad you both feel safe enough to be your authentic selves!" posted someone.

My vision: our younger selves blowing out candles together.

In a documentary, “Unafraid,” Xenarios and Anderson describe their younger selves as “angry, idealistic, progressive,” and they assembled a staff of like-minded women who saw their work as an integral part of the women’s movement.

But they are also plangently individual, yearning to harmonize their fates with their true selves.