Today’s youth cherish “authenticity,” but is it a virtue? According to a report from Ernst & Young, more than 9 in 10 Gen Z respondents indicated that being authentic and true to yourself is extremely ...

In a time when conformity often takes precedence, embracing our authentic selves can seem daunting. However, as Brene Brown articulates in "Braving the Wilderness" and Glennon Doyle emphasizes in ...

Being authentic is typically idealized in our culture, and it is generally associated with notions of goodness, purity, self-actualization, and other virtues. However, this conceptualization leaves ...

“Journalists risk losing their audiences through enactments of authenticity that, at their core, may be perceived less as genuine humanness and more as illusory performance.” Rather than focus on ...

For all the studies considering how we relate to artwork and artists that are producing fascinating results, there are others that are duds. The authors of the paper, Julie Guidry Moulard, Dan ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Authenticity is one of the most valued ...