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Victorian diary-writers kicked off our age of self-optimisation

By Elena Mary · Aeon · November 2025
Victorian diary-writers kicked off our age of self-optimisation
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"Our cursed age of self-monitoring and optimisation didn’t start with big tech: as so often, the Victorians are to blame"

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