Member-only story
Posturing: AI, The Job Market, Weight Loss and Stolen Identities
How Posture Has Replaced Presence in a Hyper-Curated World
By far the most vagrant development of the hyper-individualized, technological state we find ourselves in at the moment has to be the idea of posturing.
I love the word posturing because I think it describes two components that absolutely underscore the contentiousness of many related aspects.
First, it relates to the way we position ourselves out in the world. Second, it pertains to the idea that there is some purposeful effect that we want to display outwardly to others, and we mimic the body — the literal physical world — to show it.
“Posturing”, in its definitive sense, usually means adopting a stance, attitude, or presentation for effect rather than out of authenticity. It comes from the literal idea of holding one’s body in a certain way, but when applied socially or culturally, it’s about how someone (or something) presents itself to be perceived a certain way.
Is Posturing akin to Fakeness?
Posturing is not quite the same as “faking,” because it doesn’t necessarily mean lying — it means positioning. You could be telling the truth but doing it in a way meant to project an image, gain…
