Time (sub required) on the growing obsession to benchmark everything in our lives
In fact, the quantifying self--i.e., self-knowledge through numbers--was projected as one of 2012's big trends. Earlier this month, the Quantified Self Global Conference held its fifth meeting, a sort of show-and-tell during which self-trackers share their counting ways.
In a video on the Quantified Self's website, a young man from Boston reveals how he transformed his weight and fitness through a number of self-quantifying tools, including Weight Watchers, RunKeeper, MyFitnessPal, a Garmin Forerunner watch and the Nike+ system. Another reports using various sleep and biomarker data to maintain himself in "optimized zones" for long-term health.
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