As members of communities, are we constantly and instinctively working to gauge authenticity of other members? Do we “kick out” the inauthentic? And, if so, does this help build the integrity of the community?

Here’s a very low level example: I recently made an almost instantaneous decision that Paul McCartney would never be in my community as soon as I saw his album cover at a Starbucks coffee chain in New York City. There was something about the album cover that was so inauthentic, it raised my complete indifference to Paul McCartney to a higher level of active disinterest…