Multiplicity of ‘Self’: The Lens of our Life

Yuval Noah Harari, Whitman, Marx and identity

In his most recent piece for the Time Magazine, Yuval Noah Harari writes about the ‘Dangerous Quest for Human Identity’. The essay starts with

This quest for identity is important and fascinating, but it can also be dangerous. In attempting to define a clear identity for myself, I might close myself off to the world. I might conclude that my identity is …