Caveat: Authenticity

The blogger IOZ is such a talented writer that I enjoy reading what he writes even when I don't necessarily agree with the sentiment. In a recent, broader discussion of Obama's rhetorical style and the recent State of the Union Speech, he says, "What, after all, is authenticity but the habituation of the self to its own autobiographical invention?"

That's such a brilliant, memorable line. It's going on my list of favorite quotes, thusly decontextualized.

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