THE VIDEO SHELF · philosophy of identity
Identity After Authenticity: Abigail Thorn's Profile
A philosophy lecture by Professor Moeller on the philosophy of identity. It builds on a discussion of Abigail Thorn's video and covers authenticity, sincerity and how online profiles reshape identity.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited in threads on social media and online identity as a framework of sincerity, authenticity and profilicity.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Carefree Wandering
- Topic
- philosophy of identity
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2022
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From the original HN conversations
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This reminds me of this video[0] of a philosophy teacher who argues that we've entered a new era of "identity" where identities are based on curated profiles vs. what it used to be, around so-called "authenticity." One of the aspects of that is our identities …
noobermin on Hacker News · 2021-06
In Don't create for an imaginary group of peopleProfessor Hans Georg-Moeller of the University of Macau I think has some really good observations and a systematization of what he calls the "profilicity mode of identity production", as contrasted to "authenticity" and "sincerity". He frequently comments on how social media causes people to view …
ever1337 on Hacker News · 2022-09
In The tyranny of the supertweeter
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