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How quantification destroys intrinsic joy in movement

I bought expensive running shoes and signed up for apps to track my progress when I used to just run because moving felt good.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Measuring embodied pleasure transforms it into data, killing the very aliveness it was meant to capture.

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