Episode 2: The Rashomon Effect

In this episode of The Privy, we explore the Rashomon Effect and how perception shapes the way we understand truth and identity. When several people witness the same event, each person can walk away with a completely different version of what happened. Memory is fallible, perception is limited, and over time our minds reconstruct what we believe we saw.

But what happens when we start building our identity from those conflicting perceptions?

This conversation examines how the voices around us, the opinions of others, and even our own memories can create a fragmented picture of who we are. If we rely on many different perspectives to define us, the result can be confusion and a distorted sense of self.

At The Privy, we ask a deeper question. Who actually has the authority to define who you are? ...