"Somewhere between the Renaissance and LinkedIn, between Descartes' 'I think, therefore I am' and Instagram's 'I post, therefore I exist,' we began treating identity as a deliverable—something to refine, brand, and present to the world for validation." Thus argues Abhishek Chakraborty. It's an interesting thought, comparing the accumulation of 'self' to the accumulation of cruft in your midwestern suburban bungalow. Too much is tied up in things; there's no freedom to become something new. "A small identity has large permission," writes Chakraborty. "When the stakes are low, curiosity breathes again. It's easier to throw a stone into a river when you don't care if it skips." There may be a case for this, a case for less focus on learning and teaching identity, and more on exploration and ambiguity.
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