Bodies are not anymore those that are reflected by the mirror, but those revealed by the statistics of their actions. The digital image of the body is not a virtual reconstruction of its physical structure but a numerical report of how it is performing. It doesn't matter how it looks as long as the body is sending vital signals of what it is doing, how it is doing and where it is. A virtual body is always "checking-in", updating other bodies or machines with its functional data. The new image is one that shows the relational body, one in constant movement. The quantified, bio-mediated body is an informational interface; it is not an autonomous entity with a defined visual image but rather a shapeless body that exists entirely in co-creation with everything it is connected to.
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