‘I awoke at ½ past 7’ — Our cursed age of self-monitoring and optimisation didn’t start with big tech: as so often, the Victorians are to blame. But tech companies have monetised this deep-rooted urge to better ourselves, providing new ways to document and compare our daily lives, which can create a perpetual sense of failure [2025]

November 18, 2025   In: Good life    Source:  Aeon    Topics: How to be Human, Workism

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