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4.4B The Human Body and Mental Health

The connecting concept is identity. A device that measures steps, heart rate, sleep, and mood does more than record you; it feeds back into how you see yourself. Body and mind work as one linked system, so a tool aimed at your physical health can also shift your mental state.

Keep impacts (e.g. tracking a workout, texting a support line) apart from implications (e.g. anxiety from self-comparison, dependence on an app).

Content topics: data and AI power tracking and support tools, networks connect people to help, and values and ethics run through everything because the stakes are intimate.

The Quantified Body

The quantified self is built from wearable health devices and apps that log steps, sleep, workouts, and calories.

Used well, it motivates healthier habits. But turning the body into a scoreboard can also fuel anxiety, obsessive tracking, and body-image pressure, feeding a culture of biohacking and optimisation.

Through identity a person can see themselves as a set of metrics to improve; through values and ethics, who profits from that drive and where fitness data ends up.

Impact: more awareness, healthier routines. Implication: unhealthy fixation, unequal access to devices, and sale or leakage of intimate body data.

Repairing and Augmenting the Body

Digital technology also repairs and extends the body: prosthetic limbs, cochlear implants, powered exoskeletons, and 3D-printed tissue restore lost functions.

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4.4B The Human Body and Mental Health

The Quantified Body

Repairing and Augmenting the Body

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Topic 1 - Introduction - Digital Society1 subtopic

Topic 2 - Concepts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 3 - Content - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 4 - Contexts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 5 - Challenges and Interventions - Digital Society (HL)3 subtopics

IB Digital Society 4.4B the Human Body and Mental Health Notes

Topic 1 - Introduction - Digital Society1 subtopic

Topic 2 - Concepts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 3 - Content - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 4 - Contexts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 5 - Challenges and Interventions - Digital Society (HL)3 subtopics

4.4B The Human Body and Mental Health

The Quantified Body

Repairing and Augmenting the Body

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