2023-04-02
46 分钟Hello.
Today I am going to be talking about something that I'm obsessed with.
I'm obsessed with the fact that in 2023, our identities as human beings are not just confined to our physical being.
Our identities are now a combination of our online presence and our physical presence.
Prior to the Internet, if you weren't a celebrity, your entire identity was judged based on your physical presence.
The only other opportunity for your identity to be built in the eyes of other people was maybe through word of mouth, you know, people talking about you when you're not around.
But other than that, it was just your physical presence.
That was how you expressed yourself, that was how you showed your character to other people.
Whereas now it's more complicated.
Okay, it's getting a little complicated because now it's a combination of who you are in person, what it's like to be in a room with you, but also how you portray yourself on the Internet.
Now, the interesting thing about this is that, in my opinion, they both, at this point in time, have an equal impact on how you're perceived by other people.
Your online identity and your physical presence equally, in my opinion, shape the way that people perceive you.
I'm obsessed with this concept.
I've talked about it a lot.
But today I wanted to really lean into society's obsession with aesthetics, especially online.
I've noticed that with this rapid development of social media, there has also been this rapid development of different aesthetics that people align themselves with in a way that goes beyond just lighthearted interests.
But to me, it feels like people's online aesthetics become almost a lifestyle, almost an obsession, almost a religion in some cases.
And this is so fascinating to me.
So today we're talking about our collective obsession with having an aesthetic, especially online.
I would consider the way that we portray ourselves online as almost an art form, because I don't think there's anyone out there who is completely 100% organic on social media.