When the weather app on our phone says rain, and it is not raining, we might think, huh, it's supposed to be raining right now.

We've grown that accustomed to trusting our devices to interpret the

world for us, even when it contradicts what we observe with our own eyes. And now, many of us

are leaning on digital tools, not just to tell us what's happening around us, but within our own

bodies. From KERA in Dallas, this is Think. I'm Chris Boyd. With or without a smart watch or an aura ring or a continuous glucose monitor, our organs are humming along for us.

They work the way they're going to work whether or not we're receiving these constant readings.

For those of us who use these devices, buying and wearing them can give us a sense that we're taking care of

ourselves. But does all that data deliver better health or just more to obsess over?

Adam Clark Estes wanted to figure this out. He is senior technology correspondent at Vox,

and recently he leaned hard into wearable health tech. He put on a smart watch, smart rings on each hand, a glucose monitor, and a fitness band,

and kept them on for months.

How did that go?

Well, his essay about the experiment is titled, I covered my body in health trackers for six

months and it ruined my life.

Adam, welcome to think.

Hi, thanks for having me. What made you

want to try using a whole bunch of wearable devices all at once? Well, it all started at CES,

which is the electronic show in Las Vegas. I was walking the floor just kind of doing my job as

the tech reporter seeing what's new and what's interesting.

And I came across CGM's continuous glucose monitors that you typically see on people with diabetes to help to manage their blood glucose, but they were marketing them to everyone.

And I thought, well, why would someone want a biosensor on them at all times to

know what's happening with their body? And then the more I looked into it, the more things

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