The exchange with Raj on quasi-transformations is where it got most interesting for me. The gap between feeling transformed and actually being transformed is largely a function of what the person goes back to. Burning Man and the Galactic Starcruiser look identical on day one. By day thirty the difference is almost entirely whether the environment they returned to reinforces the new identity or quietly punishes it.
Great way to put it! I usually just say, in third person so to speak, that the transformation "dissipates". But I like how you say, in second person, that the environment reinforces or punishes.
Joe — good to see this in my feed.
The exchange with Raj on quasi-transformations is where it got most interesting for me. The gap between feeling transformed and actually being transformed is largely a function of what the person goes back to. Burning Man and the Galactic Starcruiser look identical on day one. By day thirty the difference is almost entirely whether the environment they returned to reinforces the new identity or quietly punishes it.
Great way to put it! I usually just say, in third person so to speak, that the transformation "dissipates". But I like how you say, in second person, that the environment reinforces or punishes.