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Why talking to ourselves through technology feels different than thinking

My voice memos to myself have become these rambling confessions that I record while walking alone and I never listen to them but somehow recording them helps me think.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital mediation of internal dialogue changes the quality of self-reflection, creating distance that enables clarity.

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