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Becoming the Borg: how wearables quietly assimilate the self
- Wearable devices are gradually assimilating individuals into a 'Borg'-like state, erasing the line between decision-making and device suggestions.
- As we rely more on wearables to optimize our lives, we sacrifice our self-trust and instinctual decision-making for convenience.
- The appeal of wearables lies in their ability to simplify and manage our chaotic lives, but at the cost of outsourcing our self-awareness and autonomy.
- While wearables offer benefits like health monitoring, they also lead to a gradual loss of personal agency and detachment from our instincts.
- Surveillance is now disguised as a wellness feature, with wearables streaming biometric data into the cloud under the guise of optimization.
- Wearables create an algorithmic collective by aggregating data from users to influence individual behaviors, shaping choices based on collective averages.
- The modern wearable doesn't demand compliance but subtly persuades users into dependency through convenience and gamification of self-improvement.
- Users willingly surrender their autonomy to wearables, forming a symbiotic relationship that blurs the boundaries between technology and self.
- The future of wearables may involve even more intimate integration with our biology, leading to a scenario where technology controls the individual.
- Individuals voluntarily choose to surrender control to wearables in pursuit of health and efficiency, ultimately becoming part of a collective controlled by technology.
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