You’re Just Like Us - Until You’re Not. Being "relatable" is a trap.
Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It
Alexander Beinerbeiner.substack.com
... See moreeveryone wants you to live your best life until you’re actually living your best life.
Then you become hateable.
I could see my own participation in this flywheel — the way I get protective when I’m feeling good instead of spreading my wings to give shade where its needed, or shining brighter to give light where its dark. I could also recall how in s
This is the ultimate trapdoor in the hall of fame; to become a prisoner of one's own persona. The desire for recognition in an increasingly atomized world lures us to be who strangers wish us to be. And with personal development so arduous and lonely, there is ease and comfort in crowdsourcing your identity. But amid such temptations, it's worth re... See more