Can you introduce yourself as a nobody? I've seen people hold up sign in front of their webcams to prove their legit. But what are they proving? That they're people? If it wasn't a human operating a steem account who else would it be? An intelligent hamster? Maybe even a house cat who needs the money for spleen surgery.
What else is there to prove?
Nothing to prove, Or is it that every one just wants to be acknowledged?
Acknowledged as good enough, beautiful enough,Caucasian enough, human enough. It's the same thing we see in celebrities; except a less fancy version. Its the thing that makes them dress up in ten thousand dollar dresses and still feel invisible, the thing that drives them to alcoholism, drugs and everything in between. They want to be seen a certain way, until all they are is an image. An image of a human but not a human itself. And here is where my point comes in.
This painting by Rene Magritte is called "This is not a pipe" because simply stated it is an image or a likeness of a pipe but not the pipe itself
Similarly, the people one sees on screens on the television are not people.I wouldn't be wrong if I said this isn't Ava gardner but a carefully cultivated image of Gardner.
If you ever encountered Ava in the street, or knew her personally you would find her very different.Here she is chilling in her flat .A real person, eons away from the clipped and pruned, powdered and statuesque photograph. Because that is how people are. People are people and we must forgive them for that:
Therefore, In these sickening times of overexposure incognito is the one thing that actually has value. More value than liquid gold; that is why slowly, slowly governments, institutions even the internet to some extent are trying to demolish the incognito. Because when everyone is recognized everyone is usable, everyone has a commercial value placed above their head and most importantly anyone and everyone can be demonized, if everything about them is known.
Personally, i would like to retain my incognito; maybe because I do not only want to be seen as a two dimensional image. Perhaps, because I know the true value of anonymity or because imagining a cat typing away on a laptop makes me happy. I hope imagining that makes you happy too.
Also, if you like my post be sure to comment. I would love being a keyboard warrior; and starting a brawl in the comment section.