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Identity After Authenticity: Abigail Thorn's Profile

Carefree Wandering · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Philosophy & ethicsSocial issues & culture

What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

Cited in threads on social media and online identity as a framework of sincerity, authenticity and profilicity.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “of a philosophy teacher who argues that we've entered a new era of”

    Philosophy lecture on authenticity versus curated online profiles.

    noobermin, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “Don't create for an imaginary group of people”

  2. “has a youtube channel with some good videos on the topics”

    Framework of sincerity, authenticity and profilicity applied to social media.

    ever1337, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “The tyranny of the supertweeter”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: authenticity, profilicity, social media, sincerity, philosophy

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