Identity Inflation: Why Being Yourself Feels Like a Full-Time Job

In a world where every “you” is content, are you actually expressing your identity—or just performing it?This episode of FUNK !T explores:Why our identities are more layered, unstable, and marketable than everHow social media rewards fragmented, hyper-visible versions of the selfWhy we crave authenticity while constantly curatingHow theories like Goffman’s Presentation of Self, Symbolic Interactionism, and even Baudrillard’s simulations explain the chaosWe’re not just living our lives.We’re optimizing our personalities.And somewhere between “relatable” and “rebranded,” the real self gets blurry.Tune in. Let’s peel off the filters.