The surge in searches for “real” reveals a deep tension in our collective psyche — a desire to pierce through the artificial, filtered, performative and algorithmic veil and to witness something fundamentally raw, human and intimate.
The paradox is that we seek authenticity through the very mechanisms of mediation (screens), which drive us to crave ... See more
The paradox is that we seek authenticity through the very mechanisms of mediation (screens), which drive us to crave ... See more
When our lived experience diverges from our projected image, we are prone to feel detached and unreal, as fake as the false images we’ve created.
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
“Is this authentic to me? Is it myself that I am projecting?”