Isn't this an unnecessary layer on top of what Jawbone and Fitbit is already offering?
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#52I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
No-one is forcing you.
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#53How many tweets you make? How many tracks you listen to? How is this data going to help you improve your life? Tracking your sleep is one thing. But most of this is just noise. The name Exist is creepy. As if, you don't truly exist until you can pigeonhole yourself into a couple of statistics. I swear, everyone here is mind blind.
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#54So, what is the deal with the quantified self obsession? Is it a young persons thing? Has it always been that way and I just missed out on it? Or is it a newer phenomenon that is catching on due to technology making it easier to capture data about ourselves? I'm really curious.
For me, it's down to having a chronic health condition. Over the long term (say, 2 years +), it's really easy to lost context -- suddenly, the fact you've been to the toilet 10 times a day rather than 11 seems like an improvement, rather than indicating you probably should see your doctor. I use QS tools to define where some degree of normality is, so my simple monkey brain doesn't lie to me and I can see when I cros…
Agreed!
I find this sort of thing especially helpful when trying new medications/treatments. It's nice to have a chart that I can look over to help give me a better idea about what's going on with my body. "Oh, ever since I started this new medication, I get headaches when I don't drink at least 4L of water."
There's no way that I'd be able to keep track of my day-to-day symptoms without writing them down; the days often blur together.
Oh, and doctors love it, too.
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#55So, what is the deal with the quantified self obsession? Is it a young persons thing? Has it always been that way and I just missed out on it? Or is it a newer phenomenon that is catching on due to technology making it easier to capture data about ourselves? I'm really curious.
For me, it's down to having a chronic health condition. Over the long term (say, 2 years +), it's really easy to lost context -- suddenly, the fact you've been to the toilet 10 times a day rather than 11 seems like an improvement, rather than indicating you probably should see your doctor. I use QS tools to define where some degree of normality is, so my simple monkey brain doesn't lie to me and I can see when I cros…
Exactly. I have some depression (or maybe just standard human psychology that I have somehow failed to cope with) that will flare up horribly if I'm not eating well, exercising properly, getting enough sun, spending enough time not working, getting enough social time, and probably a few other things I have no idea about yet.
Left to my own devices I'll end up eating out for all 1-2 meals a day, only move from the bed to my car to my desk, forget what sunlight looks like, pull 12 hour days and 4 hour nights of sleep (or stumble into a 48 hour cycle), IM only my closest friend every few months, get suicidal and quit another job because nothing matters and the world is cruel.
For me at least, quantified self is not about trying to treat myself like a machine, it's about trying to remember not to.
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#56Anyone wanna share some QS findings they've made that changed their life for the better?
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me, it's down to having a chronic health condition. Over the long term (say, 2 years +), it's really easy to lost context -- suddenly, the fact you've been to the toilet 10 times a day rather than 11 seems like an improvement, rather than indicating you probably should see your doctor. I use QS tools to define where some degree of normality is, so my simple monkey brain doesn't lie to me and I can see when I cros…
Exactly. I have some depression (or maybe just standard human psychology that I have somehow failed to cope with) that will flare up horribly if I'm not eating well, exercising properly, getting enough sun, spending enough time not working, getting enough social time, and probably a few other things I have no idea about yet. Left to my own devices I'll end up eating out for all 1-2 meals a day, only move from the bed…
I can relate to it deeply. I'll give QS tools a shot. Thank you! Anything in particular you recommend?
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#58I would have maybe paid 5 bucks for this, but 60? What?
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#60Started making something almost exactly like this just the other day. Although it's more aimed towards how my health/exercise/diet/work/social/mood bounce off each other. Stats like songs played, tweets, etc, don't really hold any value. Would like to see Exist support more manual entry, because a lot of the really valuable personal information won't be found in an API.