Authenticity As a Culture-Setting Tool
Stop performing and start telling the truth. To yourself and to others.
“Authenticity isn’t about being someone else. It’s about being the best version of yourself.”
— Fred Rogers
This week, I “descend on the maelstrom that is New York,” (as Lewis Lapham put it) for an annual gathering of the Baker Street Irregulars.1
The literary society, founded in 1934, has staked out this time of the year to celebrate the birthday of Sherlock Holmes, and the events serve as a set of movable feasts over four days that bring together longtime and new-found friends.2
As you may have noticed from the signature in every issue of Timeless & Timely, I make no secret of my enthusiasm for the great detective — this is part of my authentic self.
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