Is Your Identity Real if You Are Not Free?

February 08, 2026 • Founders


Meet Ayesha. She is a poet at night, but a stressed commuter by day. Every morning, her identity as a poet is violently interrupted by her biology. “Do I have milk? What is for lunch?”

The Biological Tether

As long as a human being is worried about the logistics of their next meal, they are not truly free. Their higher brain is held hostage by their lizard brain.

The Question: If you never had to worry about a meal again, who would you become?