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
I’m rejecting the career ladder metaphor in favor of the career river. Here’s why:
1. The ultimate goal of the career ladder is: reach the top.
The ultimate goal of the career river is: reach your ocean - a thriving, wide-open ecosystem fed by other rivers to explore. /
1/There is a general misconception that DeSoc is intended to make visible your social graph in a public panopticon way.
A "God's eye view" is not the goal.
In fact, no two people should have the same partial view.
i am very grateful everyone who came to my talk at fwb fest and those who helped me out with it recently. in some ways this talk took 6 years to put together.
the basic theory of "lifestyles," identity, and brands was there by 2016, but i was missing a strong notion of culture