Identity Obsolescence

Presented at Monktoberfest 2017.

Referenced materials:
- Unicorns and the Language of Otherness https://medium.com/@aneel/unicorns-and-the-language-of-otherness-eb5f2f9dd1c1
- Change Hurts: https://medium.com/@aneel/change-hurts-42ba5612dbaa
- We Are Not Who We Think We Are https://medium.com/@aneel/we-are-not-who-we-think-we-are-87f829246e77
- Pooja Tangi from LinkedIn quoted https://twitter.com/jgoldops/status/841722292971298816
- BPS Research Digest article https://digest.bps.org.uk/2017/02/09/we-know-what-will-make-us-happy-why-do-we-watch-tv-instead/
- Seth Godin quote http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2015/12/making-a-new-decision.html
- Honeycomb https://honeycomb.io

Transcript

4. O T H E R S D O N ’ T S E E U S ; O N LY W H AT W E P R E S E N T. W E D O N ’ T S E E O U R S E LV E S ; O N LY W H AT W E P R E S E N T T O O U R S E LV E S .
5. W H AT H A S T O C H A N G E I S T H E R E A L I T Y O F W H O W E A R E . F R A G I L E , N A K E D , V U L N E R A B L E , U N - S E A M L E S S , F U L L O F H O L E S A N D C R A C K S .
6. W E S H O U L D VA L U E W H AT W E D O M O R E T H A N W H O W E A R E .
7. W E L I V E I N I N T E R E S T I N G T I M E S
8. G O I N G T O M A R K E T I S T H E S E N S I N G M E C H A N I S M O F Y O U R B U S I N E S S .
10. “ Y O U A R E L I A R S ! N O O N E L I K E S C L E A N I N G U P T E C H N I C A L D E B T ! ”
11. “ W E K N O W W H I C H K I N D O F A C T I V I T I E S W I L L B R I N G U S L A S T I N G H A P P I N E S S , B U T B E C A U S E W E S E E T H E M A S D A U N T I N G A N D L E S S E N J O YA B L E I N T H E M O M E N T, W E C H O O S E T O S P E N D M U C H M O R E O F O U R T I M E D O I N G PA S S I V E , M O R E I M M E D I AT E LY P L E A S A N T T H I N G S W I T H O U R F R E E T I M E ”
12. “ S O M E O N E C A N ’ T B E W H O T H E Y ' R E N O T A N D T H E Y C A N ’ T B E W H E R E T H E Y ’ R E N O T. ”
13. “ I T ' S A L M O S T I M P O S S I B L E T O P E R S U A D E S O M E O N E T H AT H E ' S W R O N G . A L M O S T I M P O S S I B L E T O M A K E Y O U R A R G U M E N T L O U D E R A N D S H A R P E R A N D H AV E T H E O T H E R P E R S O N S AY, ‘ I WA S W R O N G A N D I W I L L C H A N G E M Y M I N D . ’ ”
14. “ FA R M O R E E F F E C T I V E : H E L P S O M E O N E M A K E A N E W D E C I S I O N , B A S E D O N N E W A LT E R N AT I V E S A N D A N E W S T O RY. ”
16. C H A N G E I S E X C E P T I O N A L .
17. O B S O L E S C E N C E I S T H E B A S E C A S E .
18. W E A R E N O T W H O W E T H I N K W E A R E .
19. W E C A N N O T H E L P B E C O M I N G W H AT W E D O .