The Human Log

#1

Post by sturza » Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 10:12 AM UTC

Re: The Human Log

#2

Post by frankish » Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

I've been thinking a bit about solving this same problem, but I feel there is too much overhead to log things manually.

What we need is better interfacing with computers so that we can just think "log my weight is 190 lbs" or "log I ate 1 small chicken breast and a cup of brocolli". Voice control and my phone are not sufficient for my needs so far. I also want to be able to have full control over my own logs in plaintext.

I want to be a cyborg already...

Re: The Human Log

#3

Post by DFHippie » Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 4:46 PM UTC

Something I wrote to facilitate keeping a personal log: https://github.com/dfhoughton/jobrog

Re: The Human Log

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Post by neilkakkar » Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 4:48 PM UTC

An old discussion on this article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20795526

Re: The Human Log

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Post by aaukt » Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 4:55 PM UTC

frankish wrote: post #2

I've been thinking a bit about solving this same problem, but I feel there is too much overhead to log things manually. What we need is better interfacing with computers so that we can just think "log my weight is 190 lbs" or "log I ate 1 small chicken breast and a cup of brocolli". Voice control and my phone are not sufficient for my needs so far. I also want to be able to have full control over my own logs in plain…

I used https://open.nomie.app when i had to take a medicine for several months and wanted to know how my body reacted and how the symptoms changed.

Re: The Human Log

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Post by brokensegue » Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 4:56 PM UTC

Is this just a rebranding of quantified self?

Re: The Human Log

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Post by sturza » Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 5:01 PM UTC

brokensegue wrote: post #6

Is this just a rebranding of quantified self?

I'm curious, can you give some details on this?

Re: The Human Log

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Post by marcinzm » Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 5:23 PM UTC

sturza wrote: post #7

brokensegue wrote: post #6

Is this just a rebranding of quantified self?

I'm curious, can you give some details on this?

Quantified Self is basically about self-tracking and has been around for a while now (I heard about it I think 10+ years ago).

https://quantifiedself.com/get-started/

Re: The Human Log

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Post by mistermann » Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 5:25 PM UTC

> Every important system has logs since they’re necessary to improve the system over time. That brings me to the most important system I know. One that we never designed - but use all the time. The human body.

I would argue that there are two more important systems:

- Planet Earth

- Human societies (and overall humanity itself)

Writing a similar essay but with these as the the subject would be a difficult but fun and potentially fruitful undertaking.

I wonder: how might one go about this, considering the complexity of the system?

Re: The Human Log

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Post by mandelbrotwurst » Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 5:43 PM UTC

marcinzm wrote: post #8

sturza wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious, can you give some details on this?

Quantified Self is basically about self-tracking and has been around for a while now (I heard about it I think 10+ years ago). https://quantifiedself.com/get-started/

It's even older than that - that's just when it started to become more popular in part because smartphone / other tech made it easier to engage in.