@tillianisafox I think the uploaded self could be classed as an independent form of yourself. A mirror of the organic self, that would have enough agency to potentially become truly different than fleshy self. Only if technology advances to the point of Peter Hamilton's Sci-fi books, however. Storage mediums simply aren't up to the task like you said. Our understanding of the brain isn't even close enough to work out a method to both store and allow a personality to function.