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What Happens to Mental Health at Work When Our Devices Know How We Feel?

Harvard Business Review

Sooner, not later, your smartphone will not only be capable of serving as your shrink — it may also serve as your leadership coach, acting both as Sigmund Freud and Peter Drucker. Will we get to a point where disconnecting depressed or anxious people from their digital diagnostics is seen as ethically or medically irresponsible?

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