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ELITE VOL.1, Issue 55, May 2023
ELITE
VOL.1, Issue 55, May 2023

Authenticity, or the lack thereof

Noor Khaled - economics - senior noor.awad2020@feps.edu.eg

We witness the emergence of new trends come up with these designs themselves.
and designers every day, but are all of Instead, both creators were inspired one
these ideas truly new or “unique?” It way or another by content on Pinterest

can be easy to identify great skills, and other social media platforms. Now,
however, it is quite difficult to claim I must take a moment to clarify that I
that someone came up with an am not talking about plagiarism. The
authentic design nowadays. As idea is that there is simply a finite pool
alarming as this sounds, it is not of resources online which people can

surprising as people tend to succumb to use as inspiration for “newer” designs,
conformity. This is especially true in even when the original sources of
certain cultures that value tradition – inspiration aren’t even new themselves.

standing out doesn’t always work in Authenticity of Thought
your favor. Countries like the U.S.A, Now, the lack of authenticity in
where individuality is celebrated aren’t adopting styles is mostly harmless, but
exempt from this issue. when it comes to developing takes and
Take the most recent internet drama as opinions on societal issues or politics,

an example. A TikTok creator by the this is a far greater threat. The high
name of “taybeepboop” made a video presence of social media in our daily
claiming that another TikTok creator lives has an effect on our understanding

had been copying her interior design of different concepts whether we are
ideas, and, regardless of whether or not aware of it or not. And the result is that
that claim is true, what we can find we tend to echo the same beliefs of
evidence that both creators did not those we are most exposed to without

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