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The title of my post would suggest more of a community statement, but the post actually is about something else.
While we are more and more online and connected to the outer world, you always have extremities. With that I mean people who will go a step further then perhaps you and me would go.

Yesterday I saw a episode of "Dark net" a serie on NetFlix. There was this guy Chris Dancy and he is seen as the most connected man in the world.

His whole life is dedicated to collecting data, data in the most bizar form, he collect's data about:

• His heartrate with a heartrate sensor
• Steps he walks with a stepcounter
• Breathanalyzing trough a tube with a app on his phone
• Takes a picture every few minutes with a clipp-on camera
• Monitors his health with multiple smart watches and devices
• Registers his traveling and visits to stores with location apps

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And he all publishes it online on his website, realtime, for the world to see.

http://data.chrisdancy.com/

a quote of his website to tell what he has learned over the years

[Begin quote]"Some of my earliest life hacks involved simple relationships between the environment and my behavior. I learned, for example:
How late I could have a drink without getting up to pee in the middle of the night.
How what I did on social media, and how I spent my time online, related to how much I did or didn’t exercise.
How the nutritional value of my food stacked up against the money I spent on that food and the time it took to acquire.
There were thousands of these life data hacks, and they took a deep hold on my day-to-day behavior.

By the end of 2012 I had enough data and routines in place to start shaving pounds off my body, slow my mind, and stop smoking. I understood that binge watching TV was changing the way I ate food, and that posting on social media after exercising produced more "likes".
My life became a continuous feedback loop of condition and response. When I would take work conference calls, if I spoke loudly, I would get an update from my Netatmo sensor. No part of my life wasn't invaded and destroyed by the hyper-vigilance of self-surveillance.
This was also the beginning of an important lesson for me on the power of data over other people and relationships, and how ultimately this created a sense of isolation and independence that I struggled with.
By the beginning of 2014 I had shed close to 100 pounds, was wiser with my spending, was meditating, and had stopped smoking. My career was moving very fast and I was evolving out of most of my relationships with friends, peers, and family.
In 2016, I find that I experience a sort of “data PTSD” about the period from 2011 - 2014. I can only recall those years by looking them up in my archives and trying to understand who I was and how I was reacting." [End quote]

My opinion

I must admit he has gathered a lot of data about his behaviour and had some benefits I am sure. (health, fame etc.) But I really can't see why you want to monitor everything so obsessive and then publish it online. Privacy is gone, but that is another discussion, privacy is relative I think. But the most important is that it totally controls your life while there are so many great things in life that are more important... But hey, that's my opinion ofcourse...

I was a bit flabbergasted about this guy, it is just a bit like a someone who is addicted to cosmetic surgery, it is never enough.....

What is your opinion?, please leave them in a comment.. looking forward to them

Have a great day

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