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“Instead of the occasional interaction with a health provider or system, these apps can serve as a ‘guardian angel’ in your pocket, reminding you often about your goals and ways to reach them”

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“And the volume of private/people data (and information related to people) is exploding: tweets, photos, videos, click-streams, social interactions, check-ins, data from real-world sensors like heart monitors, email, Fitbit-like devices, health records, financial records, transaction histories, location information and much more. This growing, fragmented world is rich with possibilities and nascent in its organization and infrastructure.”

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“Just as elements of the metrosexual movement eventually found their way into the fashion mainstream, the whole datasexual craze is starting to tip into the mainstream.”

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“True datasexuals, however, will not stop at just collecting and recording bits of data from the Web. They are obsessively driven to use a proliferating number of mobile devices and apps to make data-grooming a reality.”

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“Eric Topol, a cardiologist and the director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, in La Jolla, says it is just a matter of time before these technologies come into wider use. He believes that in the future patients will know far more about themselves than their doctors do, “which is a good thing,” he adds.”

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“The datasexual looks a lot like you and me, but what’s different is their preoccupation with personal data. They are relentlessly digital, they obsessively record everything about their personal lives, and they think that data is sexy.”

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“The human is a very flawed measuring instrument,” says Calit2 researcher Smarr. “Technical sensors are far more objective. They can detect deviations from norms far more easily and reveal early signals of disease development.”

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“In the future, Wolf suggests, self-tracking will no longer be primarily about treating illnesses, but instead will focus on maintaining health and increasing our enjoyment of life.”

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“Smarr is a proponent of a new kind of medical science driven by data, known as “self-quantification,” which he sees as the key to a revolution in healthcare and the path to a healthier, more self-determined life. “It is absurd that we collect data about everything but our health,” Smarr argues. “For thousands of years, the question you are asked by your doctor has been, ‘how do you feel?’ It is being replaced by, ‘what are your data trends?’”

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“At the forefront of this movement is Quantified Self, a website attracting members from around the world. It has branches in about 50 cities and a core group of dedicated self-trackers estimated at around 7,500 people. Quantified Self’s motto is “self-knowledge through numbers” and its members are united in a belief that thorough data analysis and statistics can optimize the way we live.”

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