well there’s a few different ways to approach this but essentially authenticity is a technology of identity creation, usually predicated upon some notion of a ‘true self’, which i think is incredibly naive, conceited, lazy, flimsy, both historically and philosophically

recs include freud, nietzsche, adorno’s ’jargon of authenticity’ (for the specific existentialism takedown)

that ‘carefree wandering’ youtube guy has some more accessible vids on a different angle, while talking about profilicity thing, which is like fine enough too ig but kinda its own meaning