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"he thinks every white collar worker will need to adopt a similar regimen soon" God, I hope not! I like the idea of recording metrics, but on a personal level,
by WestCoastJustin 14y ago
"he thinks every white collar worker will need to adopt a similar regimen soon"
God, I hope not! I like the idea of recording metrics, but on a personal level, it needs to be near seamless or it becomes an additional interrupt, and ultimately a burden. Then you have to review all this crap and decided if it means anything?! It's like going on a trip and taking 3000 photos and then having to go through them. It's an additional job with unclear benefits. Sure, I track my personal fitness, diet, and some sports activities but everything! Seems like a make work activity to me.
- IheartApplesDix 14y agoWhat's even worse is as this quantified personal data is leaked to profit making ventures, there will be more and more pressure to assume "productive habits" or strategies that work well for most people. And then popular wisdom will say that these are the only or right ways to live and if you're not using the methods that work for most people in some situations, you're just stupid. Then something shitty and unpredictable happens and popular wisdom will say "well, that wouldn't have happened if you were logging all your calls in Google Calendar and tying it to your passion index."