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When wearable tech makes you ignore your own body

I started using a fitness tracker and now I cannot tell if I am tired or hungry or rested without looking at the data.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Quantified self-monitoring can replace embodied self-awareness with external validation of internal states.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African philosophy of technology — Ubuntu and the examined tool?”

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