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| Self tracking is used for different purposes by various movements. Other movements have similar characteristics to Personal Science. This section aims to mention them all. | | Self tracking is used for different purposes by various movements. Other movements have similar characteristics to Personal Science. This section aims to mention them all. |
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− | Personal Science and Quantified Self track to maintain mental and physical health and improve productivity and performance.
| + | * Quantified Self<ref>https://quantifiedself.com/about/what-is-quantified-self/</ref> is the community. |
− | | + | * [[Personal science]] (see also [[Personal Science (book)]]) track to preform scientific method style experiments on health and improve productivity. |
− | [[Lifelogging]] tracks many things about a person to reminisce and evaluate decisions made in the past. Shares tools with QS. [[Visualizing your Data]]
| + | * Biohacker<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Biohackers/</ref>, Nootropic<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nootropics/</ref>, encourage people to try more extreme experiments with less attention to data. |
− | | + | * Personalized<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_medicine</ref> & Precision<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personalized_medicine</ref> medicine<ref>https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/TKk7rShf9d5ePN7vR/personalized-medicine-for-real</ref>. Idea that medical treatments should be tailored to individual based on the individual's characteristics, like genome. Like personal science but doctors do the decision making. |
− | [[Life extension]] goal also shares some tools and methods with QS though mostly focuses on formal medical studies. | + | * [[Life extension]] goal also shares some tools and methods with QS though mostly focuses on formal medical studies. |
− | | + | * Athletes and coaches often use often use a specialized tool set from QS to increase [[Sports]] performance. |
− | Biohacker<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Biohackers/</ref>, Nootropic<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nootropics/</ref>, encourage people to try more extreme experiments with less attention to data. | + | * Self improvers do not aim to optimize health but do try to change cultivate their own [[Habits]] using techniques like gamification. Many authors recommend self tracking.<ref>https://jamesclear.com/habit-tracker</ref> Self improvement techniques benefit from self tracking. |
− | | + | * [[Lifelogging]] tracks many things about a person to reminisce and evaluate decisions made in the past. Shares tools with QS. [[Visualizing your Data]] |
− | Athletes and coaches often use often use a specialized tool set from QS to increase [[Sports]] performance.
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− | Self improvers do not aim to optimize health but do try to change cultivate their own [[Habits]] using techniques like gamification. Many authors recommend self tracking.<ref>https://jamesclear.com/habit-tracker</ref> Self improvement techniques require self tracking tools.
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− | Personalized<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_medicine</ref> & Precision<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personalized_medicine</ref> medicine<ref>https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/TKk7rShf9d5ePN7vR/personalized-medicine-for-real</ref>. Idea that medical treatments should be tailored to individual based on the individual's characteristics, like genome. Like personalized science but doctors do the decision making. | |
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| == Steps of self tracking == | | == Steps of self tracking == |