Eugene Louis "Gore" Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his patrician manner, epigrammatic wit, and polished style of writing.
This graduated role reversal of humility is an act worth thinking about. Revolutions take place despite our preoccupation with initiation. As the world turns, living is perpetual, limited to our species in language only.
If identity of the self is the way forward, I dare you to dare, to challenge yourself but please do so within an Ethos of your ideal moral character. Virtue is, in part, a act, a performance and a destination worthy of living.