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Identity & Belief
(n.)
To treat oneself as the final authority on what’s true; trusting personal intuition and lived experience over any external source.
The comment section devolved into selfsourcing, with gut feelings being cited as scholars cite footnotes.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
Borrowed from journalism, where a story needs a source: here, for better or worse, you are the primary trusted source. A common response when you can’t tell what’s real, in a world that no longer agrees on where the truth lies and the new refrain has become: “do your own research.”
Future Words: A Non-Obvious Glossary of Terms That Don’t Exist (But Soon Will) collects all 100, each with its example sentence and coinage notes, from the bestselling authors of The Future Normal. Hardcover, October 20, 2026.