According to the author, wearable technologies and social media are contributing most to:

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According to the author, wearable technologies and social media are contributing most to:

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A.
happiness as a “personal project”.
B.
depression as a thing of the past.
C.
disciplining individualsto be happy.
D.
making individuals aware of stress in their lives.

Option C is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

Close contest between options 3 and 4 here. The first paragraph says that ‘wearable technologies... offer data-driven advice on how to reduce stress’ and the third paragraph that ‘performance evaluating wearable technology... monitor physical signs of stress and activity toward the goal of increasing productivity’.

The main idea of the passage is that happiness is being quantified by businesses—ostensibly with our best interests in heart—but, in reality used as ‘a basis to transform or discipline individuals’. This is best reflected by option 3