On Transparent Identity
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3 min readAug 28, 2021
The short version.
“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”
Peter Steiner’s classic 1993 cartoon for The New Yorker resonates with readers because it speaks to a basic property that distinguishes the virtual world online from the physical world we inhabit, the ambiguity of online identity. It reflects a modern society captivated by technology, and by their pets, but confused and potentially…
