Authenticity once meant uniqueness, a singular self, inimitable.
Now, it’s crafted online, where sharing shapes a digital self-image, a mediated doppelganger. This secondary data-self, verified by online feedback, defines you—like two-factor authentication you check yourself against.
It’s not unique but managed, outsourced to platforms, looping back as a measurable “you”: it is more “solid,” more “real” -this digital copy- than the turbulent waffling of messy, real emotions and interactions.