ridiculousness of naming people

The act of naming a child is an unjust imposition fraught with extreme simplifications and impossible guesses.

Naming is a crime committed for pragmatic reasons which will hopefully be overcome in a future where people will be communicating telepathically, sidestepping language and its reference problems all together.

Naming someone is problematic for several reasons:

• Each person is unique, but names are not.
• Personalities are context dependent, but names are not.
• Personalities change through time, but names do not.
• Unlike pets we have the ability to name ourselves.
• Names influence the name holders' preferences and even their career choices.