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

light-hearted interests. But to me it feels like people's online

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