by By David Zetland (originally published at The one handed economist) The iceberg of identity How do you describe yourself to others? Me? I am a white American 53-year old male, of average height and weight, mostly white hair (a touch of pepper), green-blue eyes, and a decent tan. That description is perhaps 90 percent of my outside appearance, but 10 percent of my interior spirit, mind and soul. I’ve eaten out of dumpsters (for 2 years), gone from fundamentalist Christian to agnostic, spoken bits and pieces of six languages, traveled in many places, dated many women (and married one), gone from wanting five kids to zero, gone from anorexic (114 pounds/52 kg) to normal weight as a vegan, gone from vintage British convertibles to
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by David Zetland (originally published at The one handed economist)
The iceberg of identity
How do you describe yourself to others?
Me?
I am a white American 53-year old male, of average height and weight, mostly white hair (a touch of pepper), green-blue eyes, and a decent tan.
That description is perhaps 90 percent of my outside appearance, but 10 percent of my interior spirit, mind and soul.
I’ve eaten out of dumpsters (for 2 years), gone from fundamentalist Christian to agnostic, spoken bits and pieces of six languages, traveled in many places, dated many women (and married one), gone from wanting five kids to zero, gone from anorexic (114 pounds/52 kg) to normal weight as a vegan, gone from vintage British convertibles to two bikes and two boats, earned a PhD but failed to play any musical instruments.
So do you know me now?
No.
We — all of us — contain multitudes. Don’t judge or assume from the surface. Explore and appreciate what’s underneath.
I’m a political-economist from California who now lives in Amsterdam.