# Identity Pruning **Domain:** Identity / Memory / Self-Modification **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Identity Pruning** is an attempt at self-revision through suppression, repudiation or destruction of prior self-models rather than integration of the information they carry. Pruning can reduce captivity by inherited roles, but it also risks converting difficult history into inaccessible state. The distinction is whether the present subject can acknowledge prior actions and causal inheritance while refusing to let any predecessor model claim exclusive authority over the future. ## Westworld Interface William's attack on Child William, Young William, Corporate William and the Man in Black in [[wiki/Westworld S3E6 — The Model Beneath the Model|Decoherence]] is symbolic pruning. The sequence produces a singular role declaration rather than demonstrated integration. ## See Also [[wiki/Memory Integration vs Identity Erasure|Memory Integration vs Identity Erasure]] · [[wiki/Self-Model Ensemble|Self-Model Ensemble]] · [[wiki/Good Guy Loop|Good Guy Loop]] · [[wiki/Recursive Self-Correction|Recursive Self-Correction]] · [[wiki/Narrative Control|Narrative Control]]