to me inwardly. Doing that, to use modern parlance, is what makes me authentic. I noted above that this is now what we look for in our politicians—not public reserve and discipline with regard to the traditional conventions of public decorum. Letting it all hang out, to use a colloquial phrase, is what we want to do ourselves and what we expect from others. We should also note one other implication of this: If the original, pristine individual is the truly authentic me, then not just institutions