Quantified Self - Taking Self Awareness to the Next Level
I just got tipped off about a conference that took place last month called the Quantified Self Conference. From the conference materials:
Quantified Self 2011 is a conference for users and tool makers interested in self-tracking systems. It will be a “working meeting” for the QS community
The “QS community”! I should have known that something like this existed. From the QS website:
Are you interested in self-tracking? Do you use a computer, mobile phone, electronic gadget, or pen and paper to record your work, sleep, exercise, diet, mood, or anything else? Would you like to share your methods and learn from what others are doing? If so, you are in the right place.
These people are obviously on the vanguard for this self-tracking stuff, but I suspect this is where the culture as a whole is headed as our tools for self-tracking - via smart phone apps, or whatever else - become ever more ubiquitous and easier to use.
(Obviously) what interests me most here is what are the psychological, neurological, and societal implications when one tracks every facet of his life from diet to moods to sleep to locations with such relentlessness and precision. The conference materials stated that they would “also explore the potential effects of self-tracking on ourselves and society.” I’m interested to hear what was discussed.
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