During this time, phenotype respecifiers were extremely popular as recreational tools for self-expression. Several trends of conforming and being unique occurred amongst Thet's post-human population, which both eroded racial tensions and created significant challenges to interpersonal trust. The period has been studied extensively since as a kind of sociological singularity.

While the PR network was effectively dead following the Shattering, most historians credit the Identity Crisis as being instrumental in the success of the archipelago's multiculturalism.