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I hope I can time things to tune in to the talk.

A thing I always latch on to is that we speak of Identity as a single entity and thus talk about its evolving state, or contextual distinctions, all of which are true. But what if we considered it not a singular thing, that, like electrons in the matter that make us us always in state of inexact, dynamic positioning, yet solid?

Moreso, there is the identity that you consider yourself, as described in your ALTCV, which is how you, likely the most informed authority on Maha Bali-ness, see yourself. But our identities in the world are more formed by the bits and parts that others see in us. Are they really the same? There is a “truth” of identity at the core, but much is formed by perception, context, ll of which forms slightly different, yet similar images.

It’s a bit aged now, but I did an online talk for a K-12 project where I tried to explore this via 3 different Alan personas “We Our Digital Selves and Us” https://cog.dog/show/2012/03/22/we-digital-selves-us/

But one thing that always stayed with me, was a description a UMW student provided of identity being a series of irises we variable open and close in different contexts. I interviewed 4 of them, but only showed their hands on camera (first student speaking) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOHzVkUl9vA

Have fun with Stephen!