You would enjoy reading what Hans George Moller has to say about 'profilicity' – which goes beyond sincerity or authenticity.
He presents a a description of the applied version of the Zuangzhi philosophy: in which we are all genuinely pretending to exist across different contexts and platforms.
He's great. I think his notion of profilicity having supplanted authenticity explains some of the gap in Gen Z and Gen X thinking. It's vital to be seen and to have status among the former in a way that strikes the latter as kind of lame. Gen X thinks there's something e.g. cool or romantic about being a tollbooth worker who reads Continental philosophy. It's ok to be unknown, but to be authentic and down to earth. Gen Z is like, psh, that's just a loser (unless you can become an influencer doing it as a quirky niche).
You would enjoy reading what Hans George Moller has to say about 'profilicity' – which goes beyond sincerity or authenticity.
He presents a a description of the applied version of the Zuangzhi philosophy: in which we are all genuinely pretending to exist across different contexts and platforms.
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/you-and-your-profile/9780231551595/
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/genuine-pretending/9780231545266/
He's great. I think his notion of profilicity having supplanted authenticity explains some of the gap in Gen Z and Gen X thinking. It's vital to be seen and to have status among the former in a way that strikes the latter as kind of lame. Gen X thinks there's something e.g. cool or romantic about being a tollbooth worker who reads Continental philosophy. It's ok to be unknown, but to be authentic and down to earth. Gen Z is like, psh, that's just a loser (unless you can become an influencer doing it as a quirky niche).
sincere comment: are you broadly aware you're cycling cached thoughts from ~2020 era commentary?
If so, don't mind this comment, I don't want to be fun police.
If not, be weary.