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The Quantified Soul

In this episode of Keeping Up With Reality, we investigate the rise of self-quantification and how we converted biological existence into a high-stakes data entry project. What happens when we stop trusting our internal somatic signals and rely on sensors, diagnostic rings, and smartwatches to tell us if we are rested, stressed, hungry, or happy?From the anxiety of sleep-tracking orthosomnia and non-diabetic glucose monitoring to leaderboard exercise pressure and subscription-based health data, we break down how tech companies privatized our nervous systems. Join us as we dismantle the obsession with biological metrics and explore the freedom of stepping back into an un-quantified human body.

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In this episode of Keeping Up With Reality, we investigate the rise of self-quantification and how we converted biological existence into a high-stakes data entry project. What happens when we stop trusting our internal somatic signals and rely on sensors, diagnostic rings, and smartwatches to tell us if we are rested, stressed, hungry, or happy?From the anxiety of sleep-tracking orthosomnia and non-diabetic glucose monitoring to leaderboard exercise pressure and subscription-based health data, we break down how tech companies privatized our nervous systems. Join us as we dismantle the obsession with biological metrics and explore the freedom of stepping back into an un-quantified human body.

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