2025-10-18
33 分钟Hello everyone.
I'm Stephen West.
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So the philosopher Charles Taylor once said that authenticity is the moral ideal of the modern world.
We all kind of know what he means when he says that, because we can just look around
us and listen to what a lot of people say in the modern world.
Be yourself, they say.
Which means, first of all, find out who you are deep down inside of you,
then figure out what kind of person you want to be, and then find a way to express
yourself out there in the world in an authentic way, whatever that is.
Could be a bumper sticker on your car.
Really let people know who you are and the kind of things you and your car care about.
Could be just you speaking your mind and making sure that what you say is a true reflection of you.
Definitely don't want to be saying stuff just because someone else gave you the idea.
People say these things about how important it is to be authentic and it's often seen as wisdom about life.
They'll even post these things on social media and people will like it.