Identity
by Sixian and · updated 23d ago
Identity
- The dream isn’t just to show all of ourselves unfiltered to the world. It’s to find a character that we feel comfortable being, that we deeply resonate with, and if we’re lucky, some part of the world might too.
Keely Adler added 23d ago
- Books you read are sending you input. Your friends modeling behaviors for you. Newspapers. Tools. People you follow on Twitter. The architecture of a Gothic church beaming serenity into you—that is input too.
At the same time, you are also sending output to other nodes. Now, I am sending these ideas into my pocket notebook, which will send them to m... See morefrom First We Shape Our Social Graph; Then It Shapes Us by Henrik Karlsson
Laura Pike Seeley added 23d ago
- pretty clear that collecting cultural ephemera is a new consumer behavior that’s going to become a core part of life on the internet
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
As a consumer, you subscribe to one vision or another: what’s your version of hiking out doors? What type of vibe are you about? Purist? Gorpy? High intensity? Meditative? But in all cases, the branded subculture itself is the main thing, while the role of physical goods is diminished. Their job is not to drive value, but to add another layer of de
... See morefrom Life After Lifestyle by Toby
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
We are currently living in a time when the lines between fantasy and reality are blurring and virtual worlds are creating room for new rules of self-expression and identity. Success in virtual realms like the metaverse won’t be driven by those who adhere to traditional norms but by those willing to establish entirely new ones.
from Drawing Wisdom From the ‘Weird’ by Rebecca Johnson
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
- ON GROUNDING I think I *get* grounding now, so here goes nothing: First, don't ask me how this works but it is just a FACT that you can shift what you identify with. The car, your phone, your VR character, the character you're playing in a play, in a game, (in life...), etc.… Show more
Stuart Evans added 3mo ago
“I cannot but see you as myself. It is in the very nature of love to see no difference.”
― Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
gabriel added 4mo ago
- "Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others."
~ Picassofrom Tweet by Poetic Outlaws
rob hardy added 5mo ago
- “In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.”
― ram dassfrom Tweet by Poetic Outlaws
rob hardy added 6mo ago