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The Art Of Personal Science, Jeff Fajans
The Art Of Personal Science, Jeff Fajans
The STEAM Journal
Quantified Self isn’t really about finding answers or solving problems—it’s about asking new questions.
The Quantified Self, Behind The Cover Art, Leslie Love Stone
The Quantified Self, Behind The Cover Art, Leslie Love Stone
The STEAM Journal
We lead quantified lives. The information we send and receive through our computers, CD players, and smart phones is coded in ones and zeroes. We exist as numerical accounts, license numbers, and login IDs. Anyone who has ever waited on hold for a live customer service representative understands the desire to be treated like a person, not a number. We each want acceptance for our inherent peculiarities and consideration for our circumstance—conditions we believe extrinsic to numbers.