Authenticity

What does it mean for something to be 'authentic'?

Someone who is secure is also consistent: they’re the same person in front of everyone because they’re comfortable being authentic. They don’t have to change masks between people because they don’t feel the need to impress others by pretending to be someone they’re not.

Sherry x.com

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Adriano Has A Story to Tell | By Adriano

Adriano Leite Ribeiro theplayerstribune.com

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All unsuccessful startups are alike; each successful startup is successful in its own way.

Matt Rickard • The Contrarian Strategy of OpenAI

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Tourist trappings: why we all love a tacky souvenir fridge magnet

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amelia-tait theguardian.com

Keely Adler

instead of asking: how can i be more like them? ask: how can i be more like me? how many versions of me do i occupy? where do they live? how do they grow? what will they bloom into? what rituals do they practice? how do they... See more

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“[On one end, you have] auto-tune that perfectly puts music into tune…which is sort of flawless and faultless. [In contrast, the other side] is clumsy, awkward, crude and unfinished things that we all actually like in the right context.

The reason we like the Velvet Underground is not for their gloss. It's for their roughness. For the feeling we... See more

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Brian Eno on why we’re drawn to the new and authentic

A big breakthrough for me – life as a whole – came when I figured out that making solid progress on creative work, and enjoying the process rather than hating it, is in large part a matter of being willing to be who you actually are.

sari

Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your source of power.

Robert Greene twitter.com

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