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What happens when people track their own habits? We look at a slew of apps that let you do that — from "checking in" to locations (FourSquare) to analyzing your sleep patterns (Sleep Cycle). But people have been doing this with pen and paper long before the iPhone (not to mention Weight Watchers).
And we want to know: Do you analyze your own habits? If so, how has it helped you?
We're joined by Gary Wolf, Wired Magazine contributing editor, who has a cover story in this week's New York Times Magazine on tracking your personal habits, called "The Data-Driven Life."And Kevin Purdy is a senior contributing editor at tech-savvy blog Lifehacker, and a data-tracking enthusiast.
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There's a pretty good discussion of the story going on in the comments section of the New York Times, where the full text of the piece is also available:
http://nyti.ms/8ZL3K8
Thank you to Mr. Hockenberry for the chance to talk about this on The Takeaway.
All these apps. create a false sense of, "I'm in control" mode. Very self promoting and selfish to boot. I mean, really, who cares what your caloric intake, sleep hours, shower times, etc are...
I can tell you one person who does not A. need an app for this and B.-doesn't care, hmmmmmmmmm
ME!!!!
Yes. I like to say life is one big behavior modification experiment.
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