The quantified self movement—the idea that tracking metrics about yourself can lead to self-improvement—appears to be gathering steam.

“We wanted to make a mainstream product for people who are not that into sports or the quantified self,” he says.

The quantified self, then, is more than a practice of self-monitoring; it suggests a shift to sharing such information for collectivized profiles of groups that serve as authorities on themselves.

As Nafus (2016) points out, at the heart of the quantified self is an understanding of the individual as being ultimately responsible for taking control of their lives. This type of belief lends itself to neoliberal fantasy, ignoring how governments, corporations and others dictate the framework in which we live.

Quantified self

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