Digital identity vs physical identity [article]

T.Robert Wyatt explores the question of identity: "Is your digital identity a separate self  or is it identical to your real-world self?", and how it impacts our lives:

Our legal and social framework for  identity insists that me in high school and me today are the same person when there is a world of difference between the two. Me then and me now would have very little in common, including friends, opportunities, philosophies, quality of life or future prospects.