How a digital habit can erode self-awareness

Learning to balance technology and self-trust

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Six years ago, in 2019, I bought a sleep-tracking ring. My interest came out of a research project I was working on at the time: with a team, we studied the behavior of 750 people across the U.S. for a year using sensors. Participants wore smartwatches to measure stress, activity, and sleep; Bluetooth devices tracked …