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our online presence has become intertwined with our sense of self and others. The digital age has ushered in a unique phenomenon where our brains are constantly processing and adapting to virtual identities
Khalil Liouane • The Illusion of Self in the Digital Age: Unraveling Our Multiple Identities
“pkm” is where we can make sense of this. our work on DP exists alongside these thoughts on social media. perhaps it supports them.
Our online identities are not just reflections of our real selves but active constructions that influence how we think, feel, and behave. The digital persona, therefore, becomes a critical aspect of our overall identity, a piece of the puzzle that cannot be ignored, but rather studied.
Khalil Liouane • The Illusion of Self in the Digital Age: Unraveling Our Multiple Identities
think this can go both ways - outwards to social, inwards to pkm
The existential question of the ‘true self’ becomes more complex amidst these varying online personas.
Khalil Liouane • The Illusion of Self in the Digital Age: Unraveling Our Multiple Identities
In the digital world, we don multiple masks, curating different facets of our identity for each platform. This fragmentation goes beyond mere role-playing; it speaks to the core of our existential quest for identity. On LinkedIn, we don the mask of professionalism; on Instagram, we showcase our adventurous side; on Twitter, we engage as the witty c
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The digital realm, therefore, becomes a playground for our minds to project, interpret, and reimagine our identities.
Khalil Liouane • The Illusion of Self in the Digital Age: Unraveling Our Multiple Identities
As we interact with multiple versions of the others and increasingly sophisticated AI, we’re scripting a modern mythology where machines become more than tools — they become characters in our story.
Khalil Liouane • The Illusion of Self in the Digital Age: Unraveling Our Multiple Identities
we should embrace it
Our minds, akin to malleable clay, are shaped and reshaped by our experiences — both real and virtual. This susceptibility to influence goes beyond simple manipulation; it’s a fundamental aspect of our psychology.
Khalil Liouane • The Illusion of Self in the Digital Age: Unraveling Our Multiple Identities
we must have a way to make sense of these experiences. pkm can externalise them
If you assume that meaning in life is something that is sometimes actually realised in individual lives, it makes perfect sense to try to find examples of those lives in which it is realised so that you can then start identifying some general features of meaningful lives.
Pranay Sanklecha • I left academia in the summer of 2022. Since then, I do philosophy in the world
For instance, Wolf, the doyenne of the field, proposes the theory that ‘meaningfulness consists in active engagement in projects or activities of worth’. She recognises the threat of nihilism and accepts that her theory ‘would be utterly destroyed if it turned out there were no such things as projects or activities of worth at all’. Her response is
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get as close as you can to that which sparks your curiosity
The consensus view is that the two questions are fundamentally distinct and theoretically separate – you can have a meaningful life in a meaningless universe, and vice versa.