We are unconsciously becoming someone else

The writer argues that continuous exposure to endless online content, algorithmic curation and readily available AI are steadily eroding personal authenticity. Constantly consuming other people’s voices, tastes and behaviors blurs the line between genuine preference and borrowed trend-following, so popularity becomes a mental shortcut for taste. Algorithms amplify similarity, making it harder to rediscover an original voice, and the author warns that authenticity now requires certification as a symptom of this shift.

Concrete examples show how AI accelerates the problem: drafting emails, preparing icebreakers for dates, answering questions mid-conversation and optimizing every message before it’s sent all replace spontaneous thought and honest expression. That reliance weakens independent thinking and encourages living by downloaded personalities. The remedy proposed is a deliberate return to the unfiltered self - reconnecting with the curious child’s questions, early values and small, private pleasures - to distinguish which parts of identity are truly ours and reclaim genuine voice and agency.