Difference between revisions of "Reasons for and against self tracking and quantification"
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Gamification seems pretty popular and it requires tracking. Most consumer wearables include lots of motivating information. Just watching the numbers improve or be recorded can be quite motivating. Self tracking can help build healthy habits. Health tracking can once again help find the best method or remedy. | Gamification seems pretty popular and it requires tracking. Most consumer wearables include lots of motivating information. Just watching the numbers improve or be recorded can be quite motivating. Self tracking can help build healthy habits. Health tracking can once again help find the best method or remedy. | ||
| − | Optimize health, productivity, education, sports training, and cognitive functioning. | + | === Optimize health, productivity, education, sports training, and cognitive functioning. === |
| + | Professional coaches do this. QS projects have found interventions that help these like creatine for cognitive functioning. | ||
| − | + | === Contribute your data to medical research. === | |
=== Lifelogging, Introspection === | === Lifelogging, Introspection === | ||
Can be fun. Store important memories. | Can be fun. Store important memories. | ||
Revision as of 06:22, 17 November 2021
A summary of the much more thorough debate on kialo:
https://www.kialo.com/everyone-should-health-track---self-quantify-49787
Improve the management of health conditions
Sub-clinical issues are issues doctors can only fix with data provided by personal health tracking. Some remedies can only be tested with self tracking. The effects of lifestyle choices like veganism on health may need to be monitored.
Motivate lifestyle change
Gamification seems pretty popular and it requires tracking. Most consumer wearables include lots of motivating information. Just watching the numbers improve or be recorded can be quite motivating. Self tracking can help build healthy habits. Health tracking can once again help find the best method or remedy.
Optimize health, productivity, education, sports training, and cognitive functioning.
Professional coaches do this. QS projects have found interventions that help these like creatine for cognitive functioning.
Contribute your data to medical research.
Lifelogging, Introspection
Can be fun. Store important memories.