Matt Fike
10/14/16
Mr. Angus
World History 2
In the 1500s identity was found by using alternative methods like the cobblers records of molds, but also small markings such as birth-marks or scars. In earlier days it was much easier to be able to move into an area where no one new you and you could start your new life. Nowadays you could do that but it requires a lot of legal shenanigans because our identity is so hardwired. We have most of our lives online and in big corporations that completely severing us from that tie would be hard. Identity is everything that makes us up. If people called our body our identity all of our cells are replaced every seven years. Identity was much simpler in the 1500s because they did not have the Internet which adds a whole new angle to our lives. However it is easier to steal our digital persona now, with the rise of "catfishing" which is where you steal someones online identity and date someone else with it. With the rise of digital finance technologies it is also easier to steal someones financial identity. A lot of time the way I recognize family or old friends that I haven't seen in a while is I use their voice, or those subtle things that only they do, however even then I sometimes wave to a random person in the grocery store.
10/14/16
Mr. Angus
World History 2
Return Of Martin Guerre - Thoughts on Identity
In the 1500s identity was found by using alternative methods like the cobblers records of molds, but also small markings such as birth-marks or scars. In earlier days it was much easier to be able to move into an area where no one new you and you could start your new life. Nowadays you could do that but it requires a lot of legal shenanigans because our identity is so hardwired. We have most of our lives online and in big corporations that completely severing us from that tie would be hard. Identity is everything that makes us up. If people called our body our identity all of our cells are replaced every seven years. Identity was much simpler in the 1500s because they did not have the Internet which adds a whole new angle to our lives. However it is easier to steal our digital persona now, with the rise of "catfishing" which is where you steal someones online identity and date someone else with it. With the rise of digital finance technologies it is also easier to steal someones financial identity. A lot of time the way I recognize family or old friends that I haven't seen in a while is I use their voice, or those subtle things that only they do, however even then I sometimes wave to a random person in the grocery store.
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