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The paper argues that personal digital twins are innovative boundary-spanning objects that improve integration of knowledge across WHO Quality of Life dimensions.

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May 16, 2026Open Access

The Sovereign Body: Personal Digital Twins as Boundary-Spanning Objects Across the WHO Quality of Life Dimensions (v2.1)

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The paper argues that personal digital twins are innovative boundary-spanning objects that improve integration of knowledge across WHO Quality of Life dimensions.
Introduced the LLM/LQM/SQM intelligence taxonomy.
Outlined the Sovereign Body architectural principle.
Developed the temporal boundary object concept.
Strengthened theoretical framework using Callon sociology of translation.
Included a comparative analysis table to clarify concepts.
Corrected unsourced claims and integrated SMILE methodology citations.

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Position paper arguing that personal digital twins constitute a new class of boundary-spanning object (Star and Griesemer, 1989) capable of integrating knowledge across all four WHO Quality of Life dimensions. Introduces the LLM/LQM/SQM intelligence taxonomy, the Sovereign Body architectural principle, and the temporal boundary object concept. v2.1: strengthened theoretical grounding with Callon sociology of translation, added comparative analysis table, corrected unsourced claims, added SMILE methodology citations throughout.

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Nicolas Waern (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a080acea487c87a6a40cc6e https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20186633

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