It's not necessarily inauthentic to fit in with a group, most everyone wants to do that, and hopefully you find a group that suits your taste. But with "longin

It's not necessarily inauthentic to fit in with a group, most everyone wants to do that, and hopefully you find a group that suits your taste. But with "longing for authenticity" I was mostly referring to hipster consumption, most of it can be characterised this way, from fixed gear bikes to hand roasted pour over coffee. Of course the whole thing can tend to devolve into obscurity for the sake of obscurity, and it also is hijacked by consumerism like everything else, but it's pretty clear that a strong common factor is "genuineness".