Nice, Dom! This makes perfect sense. I really love that you are engaging with your Identity journey — it is a journey. Not a static destination or "interface" as you noted. For me, the beauty of life as we grow older is knowing that we can embrace these shifts (empty nesters, and tribes changing or evolving) and celebrate the growth, because that's what change is for me. Looking forward to reading more.
Yes to growth, absolutely and always. The interface analogy wasn't meant to imply a static state, but rather that the dynamic part is most of the time a different implementation, a different class, and not truly a reconsideration of the underlying principles, i.e. the interface.
That said, of course, sometimes growth means also changing the interface altogether.
For some reasons I am seeing parallels to LLMs. We dont always fully understand how these things work, but they don't. We learn more by testing them than studying them. I think our identity is much the same. It gets revealed through circumstance. I suspect there are many new interfaces you will present to the world as you embrace what comes next.
That's an interesting angle, and I agree that often times we learn about ourselves through the circumstances life puts us through. Sometimes, we might overreact to what we learn as if it put into question the fundamentals of our identity when it might really just force us into an implementation that is just a variation of the same underlying principles. That said, to Deatra's point, some things do happen at times that force us to recognize that either fundamental changes have occurred or they should occur.
I know that philosophy is going to matter a lot more in the future of tech.... but damn this was deep ;)
Nice, Dom! This makes perfect sense. I really love that you are engaging with your Identity journey — it is a journey. Not a static destination or "interface" as you noted. For me, the beauty of life as we grow older is knowing that we can embrace these shifts (empty nesters, and tribes changing or evolving) and celebrate the growth, because that's what change is for me. Looking forward to reading more.
Yes to growth, absolutely and always. The interface analogy wasn't meant to imply a static state, but rather that the dynamic part is most of the time a different implementation, a different class, and not truly a reconsideration of the underlying principles, i.e. the interface.
That said, of course, sometimes growth means also changing the interface altogether.
For some reasons I am seeing parallels to LLMs. We dont always fully understand how these things work, but they don't. We learn more by testing them than studying them. I think our identity is much the same. It gets revealed through circumstance. I suspect there are many new interfaces you will present to the world as you embrace what comes next.
That's an interesting angle, and I agree that often times we learn about ourselves through the circumstances life puts us through. Sometimes, we might overreact to what we learn as if it put into question the fundamentals of our identity when it might really just force us into an implementation that is just a variation of the same underlying principles. That said, to Deatra's point, some things do happen at times that force us to recognize that either fundamental changes have occurred or they should occur.
Lots of things to consider here. I need to reread and absorb this a bit more.
Well Said.
Certainly a unique way to view the difference between identity and tribe and a tool to add to our growth toolbox.