What does this research mean for the field?

Identity functions not as a fixed essence but as an active recording system managed by the ego and ecoego, maintained by confirmation bias, and capable of being updated through conscious intervention. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to explore identity as a dynamic structure shaped by recordings and managed by ego and ecoego.

May 16, 2026Open Access

FLUJO CONDUCIDO IV: Identity as Recording: A Unique Foundation, Two Types of Recordings, Their Managers, and the Updating Mechanism

Key Points

The aim is to explore identity as a dynamic structure shaped by recordings and managed by ego and ecoego.
Introduces two types of recordings: personal efficiency and social recordings.
Develops operational tools, Identity IVA and Systemic ERSI, for facilitated identity updating.
Discusses confirmation bias's role in maintaining identity coherence.
Proposes that identity is not fixed but an evolving recording system.
Highlights two main mechanisms, ego and ecoego, that manage identity recordings.
Presents tools that can help in consciously updating identity.

Abstract

FLUJO CONDUCIDO IV expands the FC research program into the study of identity, autobiographical memory, and automatic self-construction mechanisms. This paper proposes that identity is not a fixed essence but an active recording system built upon a unique personal foundation and shaped through two main types of recordings: personal efficiency recordings and social recordings. The model further introduces the concepts of ego and ecoego as the internal managers of these recordings and explains how confirmation bias maintains identity coherence over time. The article also presents two operational tools — Identity IVA and Systemic ERSI — designed to facilitate identity updating processes through conscious intervention and systemic analysis. This work continues the conceptual development initiated in: Paper I: behavioral state architecture Paper II: memory as automatic execution Paper III: rumination as confirmation loop Author: Andrés Felipe Libreros SantanaResearch Program: Flujo Conducido (FC)

FLUJO CONDUCIDO IV: Identity as Recording: A Unique Foundation, Two Types of Recordings, Their Managers, and the Updating Mechanism

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