Media Appearances
July 2nd, 2026 -The Age of Being Seen: How Social Media Is Reshaping Identity | Minimalist Moms Podcast
We’ve heard countless conversations about how technology affects our attention spans, productivity, and relationships – but what if the greatest cost of our digital lives is much deeper?
In this episode, Diane sits down with Patricia Martin, author of Will the Future Like You?, to explore how constant connectivity, social media, and the pressure to continually reinvent ourselves are reshaping our identities. Together, they discuss what it means to know ourselves in an age where external validation is always within reach and why cultivating a grounded sense of self has become more important than ever.
May 18th, 2026 - How To Understand Our Sense Of Self Amongst The Ever Changing World of Tech, Speed, & Transformation | The Kevin Miller Podcast
In this thought-provoking conversation, Patricia Martin explores how technology, rapid change, and digital culture are reshaping the way people understand themselves and their place in the world. Drawing from themes in her book Will The Future Like You?, the discussion examines issues like chronic self-doubt, identity shifts, and the pressure of constant reinvention. Together, Patricia and Kevin also explore the importance of separating personal worth from productivity, achievement, and external expectations in an increasingly fast-moving world.
May 11th, 2026 - Who Are You In This Digital World? | America Trends Podcast
Much has been written about the ill effects of our over-reliance on our on-life life with endless content, algorithm-driven polarization and pressure to publicly present oneself. In this podcast, our guest, Patricia Martin, author of “Will the Future Like You: Reflections on the Age of Hyper-Reinvention,” argues that the damage goes even deeper. It is eroding the ability to form and sustain one’s identity. Are we hyper-focused on presenting a version of ourselves that will get likes and friends in a virtual world or have we done the hard work to figure out who we are at our core? What makes all this more difficult is the fact that many of the institutions designed to help us foster that growth and understanding of our identity are crumbling. We’re reminded that identity is formed in three ways–how we see ourselves, how others see us, and our will to shape ourselves. The balance in this triad is now skewed and leading to a host of issues for the generations growing up in a digital world.
March 22nd, 2026 - Will The Future Like You?...with Patricia Martin | Give & Take Podcast
What does it mean to be a self in an age that won’t let you stay the same? In this episode of Give and Take, Scott Jones talks with Patricia Martin about her new book Will the Future Like You?—a probing exploration of identity in a world defined by constant disruption. As technology accelerates and the pressure to adapt intensifies, Martin argues that we’ve entered an era of “hyper-reinvention,” where stability is elusive and the self can begin to feel more like a project than a reality.
March 9th, 2026 - Identity Collapse in the Age of AI | Keep Going Podcast
John Biggs spoke with Patricia Martin, writer, researcher, and author of Will the Future Like You? She has spent a decade studying what happens when failure is not just professional but personal. The kind that makes you wake up and ask, who am I now?
March 4th, 2026 - How The Search For Self Became The Performance Of Self: A Discussion With Author Patricia Martin | The Play Typer Guy Podcast
Author Patricia Martin joins me to discuss her new book, Will the Future Like You? Reflections on the Age of Hyper-reinvention. Martin has written four books, and her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, The New York Times, and Psyche Magazine.
March 1st, 2026 - How Digital Culture Erodes Our Identity with Patricia Martin | Psych Talk Podcast
In today’s episode of Psych Talk I chat with Patricia Martin, cultural analyst, researcher, and speaking about how digital culture erodes our identity. We start the conversation by discussing Patricia’s book Will the Future Like You? Reflection on the Age of Hyper-reinvention; what it is about and what inspired her to write it. We discuss how constantly being online erodes our identity and Patricia discusses three forces upending the development of identity – persona fog, chronic self-doubt, and cascading crossroads. We discuss the concept of hyper-reinvention and how it disconnects us from the core of who we are, in addition to how the cyber world leads to self-alienation. We end the discussion by Patricia sharing some of the things we can be doing to help ourselves identify who we really are in this digital culture.
February 17th, 2026 - Will The Future Like You? | Culture of Commerce
Culture of Commerce interviewed cultural analyst, Patricia Martin, to unpack some themes from her new book “WILL THE FUTURE LIKE YOU?: Reflections on the age of hyper-reinvention” and we started off with the creator economy and how it fragments people into sellable parts but at what cost?
February 10th, 2026 - Will The Future Like You? | Community Watch and Comment
February 2nd, 2026 - Will The Future Like You? | Mental Health Mondays with Zerlina
February 1st, 2026 - Will The Future Like You? | Mental Health Mondays with Zerlina
On episode 251, we welcome Patricia Martin to discuss identity formation in the modern world, our preoccupation with external validation and why it’s unsustainable in the internet age, Carl Jung’s understanding of the persona and our tendency to perform, the persona and chronic self-doubt, socially prescribed perfectionism and the fog of self, physical practices to re-center oneself, and the importance of cultivating meaning for identity integration.
Patricia Martin is the author of four books, a researcher, and speaker. Her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, The New York Times, and Psyche Magazine. For over twenty-five years, influential brands and non-profits sought her insight as a consultant, including American Express, Oracle, and The New York Philharmonic, among others. She holds an MFA in nonfiction from Bennington College, with post-graduate work in medical narrative at Duke University, and Jungian theory at the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago, where she gives workshops and hosts the popular podcast, Jung in the World. Her new book, available March 5, 2026, is called Will the Future Like You?: Reflections on the Age of Hyper-Reinvention.
January 23rd, 2026 - Will The Future Like You? | Unlocked with Madelyn Blair
Why today’s culture creates identity confusion, chronic self-doubt, and traps you in “cascading crossroads.”
In this episode of Unlocked, Madelyn Blair speaks with cultural analyst Patricia Martin about why so many people today feel unmoored, uncertain, and fragmented—and what it takes to regain a grounded sense of identity in a rapidly changing world. Martin explains that culture is not simply trends or behaviors, but a shared system of meaning expressed through symbols, stories, and public understanding. Historically, culture helped individuals know who they were and where they belonged. Today, that stabilizing function is under strain.
January 22nd, 2026 - Will The Future Like You? | The He's Just Podcasts
Patricia Martin is a cultural analyst, researcher, and speaker. Her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, The New York Times, Slate and Psyche Magazine. Author of four books, she holds an MFA in nonfiction from Bennington College, with post-graduate certifications from Duke University in medical narrative, and Jungian theory at the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago where she teaches writing and hosts the psychology podcast, Jung in the World. Today, we’re talking with Patricia about her most recent book, Will the Future Like You?: Reflections on the Age of Hyper-reinvention.
It’s a much-needed work that explores how we consciously and unconsciously get caught in technology’s mirror, and how that reflection shapes everything from our sense of self to the external pressures of society. This conversation invites us to pause, and question who we are becoming? Which will help us consider what it really means to remain human in a digitally driven future.”
January 7th, 2026 - Will The Future Like You? | The Kathryn Zox Show
Research project timeline:
2024
A decade-long research project resulting in the forthcoming book Will the Future Like You? (expected in 2025) which explores the hidden forces shaping our sense of self in an age of nonstop connectivity and hyper-reinvention.
2022
Began researching how family history and social psychology shape our perceptions of our bodies, the way we dress them, and how identity takes physical form.
2017
Developed algorithm to gather semantic intelligence and sentiments regarding identity, self-awareness, and choice making. Began interviewing experts.
2015
Began recruiting for a three-year ethnography of online users between the ages of 21-45 to engage them regarding personal milestones.
2013
Studied Millennials’ attitudes and behaviors around personal finance and life after debt. Funded by FINRA Foundation.
2012
Established relevance markers of a rising digital culture: Are we world building or just inventing new platforms?
2010
Studied the rise of new enterprises led by creatives in City of Houston to discern strength of the ecosystem and make future projections around job creation.
2009
Forecast the future of luxury brands as social performance went digital.
2005
Three-year research effort on conditions that spur a widespread cultural renaissance. Resulted in the book, The RenGen: The Rise of the Renaissance Generation (2008, Simon & Schuster)
1999
Top 10 attributes of work cultures that value employee self-awareness.
1996
National study on corporate CEOs and C-suite executives and their perceived value of arts and cultural experiences.