The Quantified Self: Good or bad idea?
On data, discipline, and the paradox of self-awareness in the age of wearables.
For the past two and a half years, I’ve been writing about health for the world’s most used health tracker.
In that time, I’ve spoken to hundreds of people who are curious but skeptical:
“Do I really need to track my data?”
“What am I supposed to do with all those numbers?”
“Won’t it make me obsessive?”
All fair questions.
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