On The Nature of the self

 What do we speak of when we use the terms 'you' or 'I', our physical bodies? certainly not, our bodies are vessels for our minds. Our our mind then?, maybe. maybe, maybe not. A main function of the human brain is thinking, if we were truly our minds then we would be our thoughts. 

Lets place a human brain in an infinite void with no prior knowledge of language or experiences, no prior thoughts. Would we call such a brain 'conscious'? what is consciousness without thoughts?. We are literally our thoughts. The quality of an individual depends entirely on their thoughts.

It would not be wrong to say that you are the average of the five people you surround yourself with as experiences with them leads to thoughts. Consumption leads to thoughts. Quality of the media consumed directly correlates to the quality of the individual.  

you are what you consume.