Being socially conscious automatically burdens the thinker with a responsibility to recognize and respond to the identifiable problems of the world. I have believed for some time now that authenticity was an irrelevant and mystifying concept used, in effect, to keep cultural forms of hierarchical social stratification intact (artist vs. connisseur, writer vs. toy, professional vs. amateur, etc). I have failed to investigate the question of a person's response to the pressure of recognized moral duties. Doesn't this constitute some form of authenticity as well, at least in part to one's own consciousness?