Understanding our reflections in the hall of mirrors“I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.” — Charles Horton Cooley Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” found in Book VII of The Republic, has been a cornerstone of philosophical discussion for over two millennia (fun fact — it was also the cornerstone of my (Billy’s) middle-school valedictorian speech (thanks dad)). It describes prisoners chained in a cave, forced to watch shadows on the wal...