While our ancestors relied on their senses to assess how they were doing, increasingly, we rely on gadgets.
Today, if you’re curious enough, you can measure your heart rate, your step count, your exercise intensity, and your sleep quality—sometimes all on one sleek device.
In the best cases, these devices offer a bridge between what you subjectively feel and what you can objectively measure.
This is generally a really cool and amazing thing.
Our subjective feelings and assessments matter, but they’re not always the most reliable. Us humans just aren’t particularly skilled at quantifying our experiences and behaviors with cold precision.
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