hans-georg on profilicity

hans-georg moeller on profilicity

adding page same day: the labeling part of nonjudgmental exponential labeling

via michel bauwens tweet [https://x.com/mbauwens/status/2097781875532001702?s=46]:

* From Authenticity to Profilicity https://kritike.org/journal/issue_31/moeller_december2022.pdf “This paper discusses the relation between the transition from authenticity (a technology for shaping identity through the pursuit of originality) to “profilicity” (a technology for shaping identity through the curation, display, and validation of profiles) and the transition towards postmodernist philosophy in the 19th and 20th century. By analyzing core passages from the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, and Jean Baudrillard, it is argued that their philosophies of interpretation, language-games, signs, and simulation are compatible with modes of identity formation under conditions of profilicity.”

hans-georg via google:

Dr. Hans-Georg Moeller (born 1964) is a prominent German philosopher and professor of philosophy specializing in social and political thought, as well as Chinese and comparative philosophy. He currently teaches at the University of Macau and is widely recognized for his unique fusion of ancient Chinese thought (particularly Daoism) with Niklas Luhmann’s modern social systems theory. Beyond academia, he has built a massive public following through his popular YouTube channel, Carefree Wandering, where he analyzes contemporary culture, media, and politics through a philosophical lens.

if analyzing.. how is that carefree wandering

Core Philosophical Frameworks

• Profilicity and Identity: Co-authored the influential book You and Your Profile: Identity After Authenticity. He argues human identity has shifted from traditional “sincerity” (social roles) and modern “authenticity” (inner self) into a new era of “profilicity”. In this digital environment, individuals curate public-facing profiles molded by algorithmic feedback, social validation, and peer observation.

if profile ing and id ing.. not legit free – see below from pdf notes

profilicity via google:

Profilicity is a modern sociological and philosophical concept—coined by scholars Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio in their book You and Your Profile: Identity After Authenticity—that describes how people build their identity and sense of self through curated public profiles (such as on social media, resumes, or professional networks) rather than trying to uncover an inner “true self” or conforming to a traditional social role.

still conforming ness.. still cancerous distraction to the dance.. let go. of all that too much ness.. see below from pdf notes

The Three Modes of Identity

Moeller and D’Ambrosio contrast profilicity with two older, historically prominent “identity technologies”:

• Sincerity: Building a sense of self by fully committing to predefined social, family, or professional roles you were born into (e.g., being a dutiful worker or caste member).
• Authenticity: Building a sense of self by turning inward, stripping away social masks, and expressing a unique, hidden “inner truth” (the classic “be yourself” philosophy)
• Profilicity: Building a sense of self outward through public presentation, where your identity is formed by how you are perceived, measured, and validated (via likes, shares, or metrics) by an abstract, often unknown audience—termed the “general peer”.

all cancerous distractions to the dance.. see below from pdf notes about defining/framing/colouring authenticity as same song.. to me.. not legit authenticity ness that the dance begs

Key Characteristics of Profilicity

• Second-Order Observation: Instead of experiencing life directly, people under profilicity see themselves and the world through how things appear to be seen by others (e.g., taking a photo of a concert or a landscape to post online rather than just watching it).

gosh.. hope he’s saying profilicity is just as bad as his authenticity defn..? oi.. these are all cd’s.. magis esse quam videri ness et al

• Curation over Discovery: You do not “discover” who you are; you actively curate a persona or multiple shifting personas across different platforms, much like an art curator or a brand.

same song.. distracting the dance

• Social Feedback Loops: Your identity is continually shaped and updated based on the reactions, metrics, and engagement you receive from the online public.

yeah.. as long as we’re still in sea world – maté trump law – brown belonging law – et al

While a dedicated Wikipedia article for “Profilicity” may be pending or hosted on alternative wikis like the P2P Foundation Wiki, the concept builds heavily on established sociological framework concepts found on Wikipedia, such as German sociologist Niklas Luhmann’s theory of second-order observation.

Key Concepts of Profilicity

• Second-Order Observation: In profilicity, you do not just observe the world directly. Instead, you observe how you are being observed by others. Your identity is built entirely on navigating this external perception.
• The “General Peer”: Rather than seeking validation from local communities or a small group of friends, profilicity relies on approval from an abstract, anonymous, and often algorithmic audience known as the “general peer”.
• Social Validation Loops: This identity thrives on quantified metrics. Feedback loops—such as likes, views, star ratings, and follower counts—tell the individual who they are and dictate how they adjust their future profile behavior.
• The Death of “Fake vs. Real”: Because your profile effectively is your identity in this regime, the traditional boundary between a “staged” persona and your “real” self dissolves. Curation is seen as a necessary and real investment of the self.

oi.. whalespeak

Coping with Profilicity: “Genuine Pretending”

Managing multiple public profiles can induce severe anxiety and existential burnout due to constant evaluation. To counter this, the authors pull from ancient Daoist philosophy to recommend genuine pretending. This means actively playing the profile game and investing care into your curated image, while maintaining a healthy cognitive distance—recognizing that you are the player behind the profiles, not the profiles themselves.

perhaps best we could do before..? .. but to me (warning ness).. today we have the means to go deeper.. to the itch-in-the-soul

ie: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)

the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness

[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]

there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance

ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition

otherwise we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness..  perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..

notes/quotes from 15 page (2022) pdf linked in michel’s tweet [https://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_31/moeller_december2022.pdf]:

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Beyond Originality: The Birth of Profilicity from the Spirit of Postmodernity

Abstract: This paper discusses the relation between the transition from authenticity (a technology for shaping identity through the pursuit of originality) to “profilicity” (a technology for shaping identity through the curation, display, and validation of profiles) and the transition towards postmodernist philosophy in the 19th and 20th century. By analyzing core passages from the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, and Jean Baudrillard, it is argued that their philosophies of interpretation, language-games, signs, and simulation are compatible with modes of identity formation under conditions of profilicity. More specifically, it is suggested that performative, immanent, and constructivist views of interpretation, language, signs, and hyperreality typical of postmodernism correspond to a performative, immanent and constructivist conception of (individual and collective) identity in profilicity.
Keywords: profilicity, authenticity, identity, postmodernity

if id/display/validation/profiling ness.. not legit authenticity aka: missing piece #1.. so will never get to legit missing piece #2

Introduction: From Authenticity to Profilicity
It seems that the “age of authenticity” that Charles Taylor spoke of is waning and giving way to “profilicity”: a technology for shaping (individual or collective) *identity through the curation of profiles. **In the mode of authenticity, identity is to be achieved by finding or creating an original self and expressing it truthfully. An almost emblematic formulation of the “authentic imperative” in the 19th century was coined by Friedrich Nietzsche in several variations in both his published and unpublished works: “Become who you are!”3 Notions of authentic selfdiscovery, self-creation, or self-actualization later permeated not only 20th century existentialist philosophy (Heidegger, Sartre, etc.) but also informed a mainstream political discourse centering on individuals and their rights. This discourse eventually gave rise to both opposing wings of the present culture wars raging in North America and Europe: a supposedly leftist “identity politics” and supposedly right wing “identitarian” or conservative factions championing “sovereign individuality” (as famously propagated by Jordan Peterson, one of the globally most influential public intellectuals today). In short, as an identity technology, authenticity pursues originality, and this very pursuit has been socially, politically, psychologically, and culturally formative for many individuals born and raised in the 20th century.

*cancerous distraction to the dance..

ie: maté trump law; brown belonging law; the it is me; identity; naming the colour; kierkegaard label law.. et al

**to me.. this is not legit authenticity that the dance begs.. 1\ see * 2\ if you/anyone ia analyzing/observing/defining/id-ing et al.. then they are being distracted from being themselves.. if we let the dance all of this knowing/understanding ness becomes irrelevant.. so thinking we have to start there.. or be there at any time.. is a huge cancerous distraction

all the names – friedrich nietzsche; martin heidegger; jean-paul sartre; jordan peterson; .. are just more whalespeak keeping us studying/reading/learning/prepping/training .. for the dance.. when what the dance needs most is for us to let go. of all that too much ness et al

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Authenticity, however, is inherently paradoxical, and its inner contradictions have become increasingly evident: *if everyone pursues originality, this very pursuit is no longer original. . **authentic individual may well yearn for and need other authentic individuals for its recognition, the individual must always remain sovereign.
***Authenticity can only be authenticated by an inner self. In authenticity, ultimate two (or more) original selves recognize one another. In profilicity, however, this changes. Here, the focus shifts from the discovery of an original self to the display of a profile, and from the recognition by another original self to public attention, approval, and acclaim: Profiles derive their value from public validation

*makes no diff what people are pursuing.. the pursue ness (rather than the listening to what’s on each heart aka: itch-in-the-soul) is a cancerous distraction to the dance

**this is why we need a global detox leap.. 1\ in sync (all ness) matters and 2\ tech w/o judgment matters

***rather.. way both are being defined is same song – if authenticating authenticity.. if validating profiles .. whatever.. not legit free

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*In profilicity, the old Nietzschean motto of authenticity is modified to “become who you wish to be seen as.” Applying the terminology of Niklas Luhmann’s social systems theory, the **shift from authenticity to profilicity can be described as a shift towards thoroughgoing “second-order observation.”

*oi.. if wishing to be seen.. then not legit free in the first place.. still need detox from that kind of whalespeak

**if observing/observation-ing.. still need detox from that kind of whalespeak

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Predecessors of Profilicity: Friedrich Nietzsche.. Ludwig Wittgenstein.. Jacques Derrida.. Jean Baudrillard..

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Conclusion: Postmodernity and Profilicity
The preceding very brief and highly selective survey of a few prepostmodernist and postmodernist thinkers was *meant to indicate the compatibility of their philosophies with the identity technology of profilicity. **This compatibility is rooted in a rejection of originality and of the idea that expressions in language or signs represent a primary, essential, or “present” meaning beyond the realm of language or signification.

*no problem with them supporting each other.. since they are same song

findings from on the ground ness deep dive on why we need tech w/o judgment

ie: the dance won’t dance unless/until it’s 1\ all of us 2\ legit free

nothing to date (ever since that day) has gotten to that root of problem

legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do

**not beyond the realm of language as control/enclosure.. until we let go enough to try/see self-talk as data.. idiosyncratic jargon style with tech as nonjudgmental expo labeling to facil the seeming chaos of that global detox leap.. of that dance

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mutually constructing and validating one.. Profiles are signs signifying identity; and in accordance with Wittgenstein’s philosophy, their meaning is to be found in their performative use in society, that is in their communication with other signs. **The profile that no one responds to has no meaning.. Like avatars in a computer game, profiles are playfully enacted characters that one can ***adopt, develop, and be personally invested in. They do not represent an original self that precedes them but provide an opportunity to curate and perform individual selfhood. ****Baudrillard rightly criticized how the
simulation of selfhood is entrenched in a capitalist consumer culture and, it sometimes seems, yearned for a return to authenticity. Such a return to the origins, however, is impossible if originality itself is “always already” unoriginal.
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

*cancerous distraction to the dance

**that.. yeah that (sarcasm).. we need to let go of meaning ness (not sarcasm).. for the dance to dance.. graeber can’t know law et al.. paul know\love law.. et al

***see *

****why we need tech w/o judgment to help/detox us back/to us

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