The internet can help you explore and express who you are in loads of fun, creative ways. You can try out different avatars, outfits and usernames and be all kinds of characters in all kinds of games ...

Five years ago, Christopher Allen wrote about "self-sovereign identity," a key principle for crypto and the web 3.0 community. Here he reflects on its impact. Updated Dec 12, 2022, 1:42 p.m. Published ...

The previous administrator for the UN Development Programme, Gus Speth, talked about how when starting his career he used to think that the world’s environmental problems could be solved by good ...

After more than two years of pandemic life, it seems like we’ve changed as people. But how? In the beginning, many wished for a return to normal, only to realize that this might never be possible—and ...

Experiences are our greatest teachers. They shape how we treat others, how we see the world around us, and how we view ourselves. How we view ourselves is also known as our self identity and is ...

Autobiographical memory refers to the recollection of personally experienced significant events that contribute to an individual's sense of self. There is consensus in the literature on the ...

Self: the totality of the individual, consisting of all characteristic attributes, conscious and unconscious, mental and physical…. — APA Dictionary of Psychology. Early psychological theorists ...

Many internet 2030 scenarios are bleak. (See other entries in our "Internet 2030" series). Here we imagine a brighter online future: What if we “owned our identity,” meaning you have some kind of ...