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The Un-quantified Self: Reaching True Health Is About Habits, Not Gadgets

Adam Bosworth | Posted 04.16.2013 | Technology
Read More: Losing Weight, Healthy Living, Quantified Self Movement, Mobile Health, Health, Fitness, Weight Loss, Fitness and Exercise, Diet and Nutrition, Technology, Diet, Quantified Self, Technology News
Adam Bosworth

From Fitbits to vibrating forks, gadgets promise healthier lifestyles through examination of our daily activities such as diet, exercise and sleep. While the hype is high, I'm not cheering as enthusiastically as my colleagues here in Silicon Valley.

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Bianca Bosker

The Quantified Spouse Movement Has Couples Tracking Weight, Sleep And Even Orgasms To Find Bliss

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 01.28.2013 | Technology
Read More: Couple Track Sleep, Quantified Self Movement, Big Data, Dave Asprey, Data Relationships, Couple Track Fights, Quantified Spouse Movement, Data Couple, Quantified Self, Technology News

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Asprey put himself on a strict orgasm diet last year -- not because of religious beliefs or health concerns, but in p...

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Three Winning Lessons We Can Learn From This Presidential Campaign

Kare Anderson | Posted 01.06.2013 | Politics
Read More: Clayton Christensen, Politics, Chris Christie, Mobile, Shareble.net, Airbnb, Chris Rock, Quantified Self, Data Analytics, Frans Johanssen, Bruce Springsteen, Spotfire, Tibco, Politics News
Kare Anderson

Within this bitterly contested presidential campaign are at least three valuable lessons for anyone who wants to win by becoming the favorite choice in their market.

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How to Succeed, Since Success Is Random

Kare Anderson | Posted 12.03.2012 | Books
Read More: Matt Ridley, Mandy Williams, Kevin Kelly, Little Bets, Maria Popova, Ben Silbermann, Abigail Washburn, Phil Rosenzweig, shareable.net, John Eliot, Peter Sims, Meghan M. Biro, Frans Johansson, Neal Gorenflo, John Hagel, Randy Haykin, Marcia Layton Turner, Brain Pickings, Ted, Future Perfect, Kevin Pritchard, Evan Sharp, Quantified Self, Duncan Watts, Books News
Kare Anderson

When you are open to serendipitous experiences you are more likely to have click moments, enabling you to pivot more than once into new, more successful directions.

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Designing Geopolitics

Carla Leitao | Posted 09.09.2012 | Arts
Read More: Globalization, Cloud, Facebook, Calit2, Biodesign, Designing Geopolitics, Peter Cowhey, Data, Benjamin H. Bratton, Alisa Andrasek, San Diego, California, Pachube, La Jolla, Design, Alexandra Saisy Ginsberg, Jeffrey Inaba, Biopolitical, Bruce Sterling, Center for Design and Geopolitics, Quantified Self, Biothing, Kevin Ashton, Internet of Things, David Brin, Arts, Geopolitics, Polis, Larry Smarr, John Wilbanks, Evgeny Morozov, Metahaven, Carla Leitao, Slidefreestyle, Natalie Jeremijenko, Architecture, Ed Keller, Molly Steenson, Arts News
Carla Leitao

Designing Geopolitics, the second of a series of events organized by D:GP [The Center for Design and Geopolitics] at CALIT2/UCSD, La Jolla/San Diego, ...

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How Do You Define 'Friend' for Your Kids?

Dr. Jordan Shlain | Posted 08.13.2012 | Parents
Read More: Friend, Club Penguin, Facebook, Quantified-Self, Social Media, Facebook Friend, Kids and Social Media, Friendship Advice, Parenting Advice, Facebook Like, Parents News
Dr. Jordan Shlain

I fear that our children are witnessing the erosion of the true meaning of the words "friend" and "like.

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PHOTOS: Self-Quantifying Patterns Track The Unique Patterns Of Ourselves

Posted 01.05.2012 | Arts
Read More: Frick, Science, Laurie Frick, Art Meets Science, Digital Art, Quantified Self, Arts News

There are the quantifiable patterns of small things we do everyday: steps walked, time spent on the computer, amount of sleep, calories ingested, mood...

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