Seeker

One of my favourite toys was a kaleidoscope.  I was fascinated by the way the patterns could be endlessly changed - all of them beautiful and to my child eye magical.  And yet all were made by the same few pieces of coloured glass and mirrors. And the light. I was reminded of that toy when I read  'Digital Authenticity' by Vicky Beeching which addresses the question 'who are you online and offline?' She challenges the idea that 'authenticity in the digital age means being exactly the same online as offline' and that this can be a basis for digital ethics. Her challenge is based on the premiss that humans are complex who operate in a variety of ways according to context. She is naturally introvert, as I am, yet appears extrovert in public and on-line roles, as I think I sometimes may. The stranger in the supermarket sees one aspect of a person - their spouse another. Different settings or mediums bring out different aspects of the self. She refers to