Category: Identity
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American Identity
There probably isn’t a more obvious and overt celebration of this like there was yesterday. It was definitely a celebration, but as a nation, I’m not sure we celebrated together. I guess that’s typical of Americans – celebrating on our owns – but a celebration nonetheless. If you had to…
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Your State and Identity
Where you grow up can have an impact on your identity – your sense of who you are. I was watching a tv show last night about how the states got their shape, and there is a tremendous amount of history and politics that give each state it’s shape. It…
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The White House and Verified Identity
Evidently, the White House is going to be involved in creating an Identity Ecosystem that will verify your identity – for online transactions and just for trust. There’s even talk of an ID card that will be used to verify your identity. Here is an article if you want to…
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Google Me
Not Google Lem Usita, but “Google Me.” This is Google’s next social network. They’ve tried a few, but this is going to be the Facebook-killer. It could happen. Honestly, they know more about you than you might even know yourself. Orkut didn’t quite work. They are saying that it’s going…
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Culture of Skimmers
I live in a culture of skimmers. Not only do we have ADHD, but we are not very good at deep reading. We can Google anything. We can search online for the main idea of a book – click a link – and get all the main ideas of the…
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The Lesson of Green Lights
I sat at a stop light this afternoon. I sat in front of the light for 3 green light rotations for everyone else but not me. Something like that really reveals a lot about your character and your identity. It really tries your patience when you have to sit through…
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The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
I just finished The Shallows. What the internet is doing to our brains. by Nicholas Carr. It was a great book. Nicholas describes the impact that the internet has on the brain. He explains the brain, technology, a little bit of neuroscience, a great history of the development of technology…
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The Father Wound
I heard that phrase yesterday in a conversation. It was being used to describe why a person was the way that they were. It was used in the context of identity formation, but a father wound could definitely shape your sense of who you are. Honestly, it could be a…
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Algerian Soccer Team and Identity
Watching the game today challenged my sense of National Identity. I had an expectation of the players to look more – well – Algerian. I was not expecting a blond haired guy on the team. I had expectations of what I thought the National Identity of the team was –…
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Facebook = Identity Matrix
One of the great things about Facebook is that you can’t really hide your real world identity on Facebook. At first, you could only get a profile if you had an havard.edu email address. It was something that people wanted because if it was good enough for Harvard, it was…
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Father’s Day Tweet
I was looking on Twitter yesterday. It was Father’s Day and I don’t even remember who’s profile it was so I’m sorry for whoever I originally read it from – It was a tweet that said something to the effect of – Happy Father’s Day to all of the single…
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