pretty incisive, was just reflecting on how external perception drove a lot of my choices… a corollary:

the social media algorithm is an EMA of our taste and is projecting an old image of us that we’re constantly outgrowing. (the algorithm is sticky: i heard there’s a spotify study where people will just listen to what the algorithm suggests and don’t click into new artists even if they like them) so it’s probably also useful to forget this sticky representation of you and reinvent yourself from time to time