Being Yourself
We\u2019ve all come across different versions of the \u201cjust be yourself\u201d principle at some point. Being told to \u201cfollow your dreams\u201d or \u201csay what you think\u201d can often feel like empty platitudes. But what does it actually mean to be yourself and is it something you can aim for?\n\nIn this week\u2019s podcast, we discuss being yourself. We explore evolutionary biology, Dunbar\u2019s number, Aristotle, status hierarchies, eating olives and different cultural approaches to individualism and collectivism. We ask how to objectively disambiguate authenticity and inauthenticity and suggest some metrics for measuring our inner feelings and behaviour. Finally, we share moments from our lives where we were guilty of inauthenticity.\n\nA few things we mentioned in this podcast:\n\n- Trait personality and state variability https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656616300514 \n- Does intraindividual variability of personality states\nimprove perspective taking?\nhttps://edoc.hu-berlin.de/bitstream/handle/18452/21157/jintelligence-06-00050.pdf?sequence=1 \n- Variability in state authenticity predicts daily affect and emotion regulation https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-98395-001 \n- Distinguishing between authenticity and personality consistency in predicting well-being\nhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1162908818300379\n- Tim Urban\u2019s What\u2019s our problem https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/tim-urbans-whats-our-problem \n\nFor more information on Aleph Insights visit our website https://alephinsights.com or to get in touch about our podcast email podcast@alephinsights.com\n\nImage: Clariosophic via Wikimedia Commons