Stephen Wolfram on Personal Analytics
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Stephen Wolfram on Personal Analytics
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#2"Augmented memory is going to be very important." I don't work for them or even use the product anymore, but CloudMagic (https://cloudmagic.com) came to mind when I red this.
It goes some way to augment memory and is fast & easy to use.
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#3Dude... let go :)
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#4Read the article and I'm still not sure why I should measure and analyze my life. How will it improve my life?
I just try to enjoy life. So I don't feel the need to worry about data or memories.
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#5I'm not sure if this is a good idea for everyone. I think Steve gets a little lost in his world and think that what works for him will work for everyone.
A lot of people will find this type of technology a solution in search of a problem. This type of analysis may even distract from peoples lives.
Would the knowing that you do a certain thing a certain percent of the time almost become self fulfilling?
This is the type of technology that can make you into a productive cold robot, the thing is many people are not interested in becoming like this.
Maybe I'm wrong and we all now need personal analysis to squeeze the most out of life.
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#6I'm not sure if this is a good idea for everyone. I think Steve gets a little lost in his world and think that what works for him will work for everyone. A lot of people will find this type of technology a solution in search of a problem. This type of analysis may even distract from peoples lives. Would the knowing that you do a certain thing a certain percent of the time almost become self fulfilling? This is the ty…
Not only that, I think it could lead to/promote mental illness in some people. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgHxYrwO-Vg
I know that I have to struggle to avoid analysing everything I do and think. It renders me paralysed and miserable. I guess steve would say that if I injected more real data I would be able to make more confident decisions rather than just worrying. Somehow I doubt that though. We here are all too aware of the pitfalls of naive analytics.
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#7Being a data nerd, I can see where Stephen is coming from but I don't think we need a software or dashboard to analyze our personal life, the last thing we want is a society which is obsessed with "why I did that and what it could had been" kind of questions.
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#8"Don’t collect data. If you know everything about yourself, you know everything. There is no use burdening yourself with a lot of data. Once you understand yourself, you understand human nature and then the rest follows." --- Kurt Gödel
I have no need for the the notion that my act of living constitutes an object ("my life")... that would be burning down the village in order to "improve" it.
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#9I'm not sure if this is a good idea for everyone. I think Steve gets a little lost in his world and think that what works for him will work for everyone. A lot of people will find this type of technology a solution in search of a problem. This type of analysis may even distract from peoples lives. Would the knowing that you do a certain thing a certain percent of the time almost become self fulfilling? This is the ty…
Not only that, I think it could lead to/promote mental illness in some people. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgHxYrwO-Vg I know that I have to struggle to avoid analysing everything I do and think. It renders me paralysed and miserable. I guess steve would say that if I injected more real data I would be able to make more confident decisions rather than just worrying. Somehow I doubt that though. We here are all…
I think your right.
I was not very impressed with Stephen's blog post about the amount of data he had collected on himself. Ok I lie, it seemed impressive at first and then I asked myself "Whats the point?" and came up empty. If the data collected does NOT get in the way of life and can serve some purpose then it could be a good idea.
But Stephen's phone calls, email times and keystrokes seemed a bit pointless. Stephen seems to really enjoy collecting this data about himself and probably wants other people to collect similar amounts of data so he can compare them.
I'm not surprised that he might have the most data on himself, its not exactly a hobby that one can walk away from for a few weeks. If you break the timeline you ruin the consistency of the data. So its a hobby that needs lifelong dedication.
Good on Steven for finding a hobby that interests him, I just don't think its the future or if it is, it will be in a different form; useful data, medical information, things that can actually help you in a truly meaningful way. Some data is actually just useless or even counterproductive.
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#10"Don’t collect data. If you know everything about yourself, you know everything. There is no use burdening yourself with a lot of data. Once you understand yourself, you understand human nature and then the rest follows." --- Kurt Gödel I have no need for the the notion that my act of living constitutes an object ("my life")... that would be burning down the village in order to "improve" it.
Couldn't agree more. (I am satisfied with your training, Cat.)