I Contain Multitudes - Self as Multiplicity
"The explosion of the personality into multiple internet selves has opened up many people, including myself, to a lot of heartache. Self-dissipation becomes self-dissatisfaction. I spent years scattering myself into personality fragments on many different websites until I couldn't locate my whole self anywhere. These personality fragments became de
... See more- "Our algorithmic self may or may not be faithful to how we see ourselves, but it has just as many dimensions and secrets."
Emma Stamm • Who Can It Be Now — Real Life
that I, this “me” who I walk around with all the time, is actually a composite of a lot of people living in the same house.
Sonu Shamdasani • Lament of the Dead
So we all know that the hard boundary we place between ourselves and the world is somewhat artificial. Sure, on one level you are a separate being, different from any other. You can move your own arm, you probably can’t move my arm. On the other hand, your life is a product of an incredibly complex enmeshment of influences that can be traced back l
... See moreCreative Destruction • Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #40
despite believing myself to be an integrated self, I talk to myself as if I am composed of several ‘people’.