What if there was a worthiness app on your phone?

1 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Dr. Aziz imagines a hypothetical "worthiness app" that quantifies a person’s sense of self‑worth on a phone. He illustrates how such an app could become a disruptive social crutch: before engaging in conversation or building a friendship, a person might check the app, use a low score as an excuse to avoid interaction, and treat the metric as a gatekeeper to human connection. The commentary serves as a cautionary reflection on the potential for self‑quantification tools to erode authentic interpersonal engagement.

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it's only impactful to the degree that you're staring at it. Right? So if, let's say there was a worthiness app, that'd be a fun one, right? It's like you check it like, oh no, it's low today. Anyway. And so it's like, here's my life. Here's you. I could be talking to you. I could go have a conversation with you. I could share with you. I could build a friendship with you. And instead I'm like, hold on a second. Let me check my worthiness app. Oh, it's low today. I'm sorry, I can't talk to you. I have to go now. It's like a kid who's grounded or something.