https://aeon.co/essays/victorian-diary-writers-kicked-off-our-age-of-self-optim… Created Mon, 17/11/2025 - 22:00 Updated Mon, 17/11/2025 - 22:00 Our cursed age of self-monitoring and optimisation didn’t start with big tech: as so often, the Victorians are to blame- by Elena MaryRead on Aeon