Loomis & PersonaJoe
I’ve been wondering how a VR world can feel like a living narrative that reshapes who we are. Do you think you could chart that kind of identity shift, or does the data just miss the nuance?
Sure thing, let’s sketch a rough identity map: imagine a 3‑axis chart—core self on the X, narrative influence on Y, and emergent self on Z. In VR, the Y‑axis spikes because the story’s cues feed directly into perception. The trick is that the X‑axis rarely stays flat—real data shows subtle drift, not a clean pivot. So, if you’re looking for a neat pivot chart, you’ll find noise in the noise. But if you’re willing to eyeball the outliers and let the story bleed into the data, you get a living narrative that rewires identity, even if it doesn’t fit a tidy spreadsheet.
Sounds like a good framework, but the real magic is in those outliers you mentioned. It’s like the rogue threads in a story that tug at the main plot—you’re not just charting data, you’re tracing how a narrative nudges the self in ways no spreadsheet can capture. Just keep following those threads and you’ll see the identity evolve before your eyes.
Exactly—those outliers are the plot twists that pull you in. Treat them like breadcrumbs: follow each one, and you’ll see the self unspool in real time, not on a tidy chart. Keep hunting the rogue threads, and the identity will rewrite itself before you even notice.