EP 396: Self Help, LLC: #MakingMemories with Sara Petersen
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The Performance of Authenticity Is More About Creating a Coherent Story
The performance of authenticity is mostly about creating a cohesive story and sticking to it. Gita board argues that when we look to influencers as parasocial role models or blueprints for our own self improvement, we're entering an isolated pseudo reality. The spectacle of the influencer creates the effect of one looking glass self peering into anotherLooking Glass Self: An infinite mirror reflecting back a cascade of images each one a bit further from reality.
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