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When financial data reveals mental health patterns

My credit card company knows I am depressed before I do because my spending patterns change weeks before I notice my mood shift.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Algorithmic analysis of behavior can expose our psychological states with an accuracy that challenges our sense of self-knowledge.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Corporate surveillance and data extraction?”

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