Gary Wolf: The quantified self

翻译人员: Zhu Jie 校对人员: Jingyu Li

I got up this morning at 6:10 a.m.

我今晨6：10起床

after going to sleep at 12:45 a.m.

在昨晚12：45入睡之后。

I was awakened once during the night.

夜里我醒了一次。

My heart rate was 61 beats per minute --

我的心律是每分钟61下。

my blood pressure, 127 over 74.

我的血压，127/74。

I had zero minutes of exercise yesterday,

昨天我锻炼了零分钟，

so my maximum heart rate during exercise wasn't calculated.

所以我不能够计算运动时每分钟的最大心律。

I had about 600 milligrams of caffeine,

我摄入了大约600毫克咖啡因，

zero of alcohol.

0毫克酒精。

And my score on the Narcissism Personality Index,

我的自恋人格指数，

or the NPI-16,

或者说NPI-16，

is a reassuring 0.31.

是个让人放心的0.31.

We know that numbers are useful for us

我们知道数据对我们来说很有用

when we advertise, manage, govern, search.

可以用来做广告、管理、统治、搜寻。

I'm going to talk about how they're useful when we reflect,

我将讲讲它在我们反思，

learn, remember

学习，记忆，

and want to improve.

寻求进步的过程中起到什么样的作用。

A few years ago, Kevin Kelly, my partner, and I

几年前，我的合作伙伴 Kevin Kelly 和我

noticed that people were subjecting themselves

发现人们有兴趣

to regimes of quantitative measurement and self-tracking

测量和自我相关的跟踪数据

that went far beyond the ordinary, familiar habits

远远超过了正常的，熟知的习惯

such as stepping on a scale every day.

比如每天量体重。

People were tracking their food via Twitter,

人们在Twitter上记录他们的饮食，

their kids' diapers on their iPhone.

在iPhone上记录他们孩子的尿布。

They were making detailed journals

他们写下详细的日志

of their spending, their mood,

以记录他们的花销，他们的情绪，

their symptoms, their treatments.

他们的病症，他们的治疗。

Now, we know some of the technological facts

如今，现代技术在改变

that are driving this change in our lifestyle --

我们的生活方式

the uptake and diffusion of mobile devices,

手机的使用和普及，

the exponential improvement in data storage

数据存储

and data processing,

及信息处理速度的巨大改进，

and the remarkable improvement in human biometric sensors.

还有人体生物传感器的显著进展。

This little black dot there

那里的那个小黑点

is a 3D accelerometer.

是个三维空间的感应器。

It tracks your movement through space.

它记录你在空间里的一举一动。

It is, as you can see, very small and also very cheap.

如你所见，它又小又便宜。

They're now down to well under a dollar a piece,

它们已经便宜到了每个低于一美元，

and they're going into all kinds of devices.

而且它们被装载到了各种各样的仪器上。

But what's interesting

但有趣的是

is the incredible detailed information that you can get

你能从这样一个小小传感器中

from just one sensor like this.

获得让人难以置信的细节。

This kind of sensor

这种传感器

is in the hit biometric device --

被装在这个碰撞生物仪中--

among early adopters at the moment -- the Fitbit.

和其他转换器一起--它是Fitbit。

This tracks your activity and also your sleep.

它记录你的活动，你的睡眠。

It has just that sensor in it.

它不过只是装了个传感器罢了。

You're probably familiar with the Nike+ system.

你可能对耐克+系统颇为熟悉。

I just put it up because that little blue dot is the sensor.

我给你们看幅图，那个小蓝点就是传感器。

It's really just a pressure sensor

它是一个压力传感器

like the kind that's in a doorbell.

就像门铃里的一样。

And Nike knows how to get

耐克公司知道如何

your pace and distance from just that sensor.

用那个小小的传感器获取你的步速和行走距离。

This is the strap

这是个带子

that people use to transmit heart-rate data

用来让人们传输心律

to their Nike+ system.

到耐克+系统。

This is a beautiful, new device

这是个漂亮的新仪器

that gives you detailed sleep tracking data,

它记录你的详细睡眠数据

not just whether you're asleep or awake, but also your phase of sleep --

不仅仅是你是睡是醒，而是你睡眠的阶段--

deep sleep, light sleep, REM sleep.

深度睡眠，浅度睡眠，极深度睡眠。

The sensor is just a little strip of metal in that headband there.

这个传感器不过是束发带上那个小小的金属条。

The rest of it is the bedside console;

剩下的是床边的显示器。

just for reference, this is a sleep tracking system from just a few years ago --

供大家比较，这个睡眠追踪系统在仅仅几年前是这样的--

I mean, really until now.

我是说，直至如今.

And this is the sleep tracking system of today.

这个是今时今日的睡眠追踪系统。

This just was presented

这个刚在

at a health care conference in D.C.

华盛顿特区的一个医护会议上展现。

Most of what you see there is an asthma inhaler,

你在这儿看到是个治哮喘吸入器

but the top is a very small GPS transceiver,

但是顶上是个很小的GPS接受器.

which gives you the date and location

它给你哮喘发生的

of an asthma incident,

时间和地点

giving you a new awareness

使你意识到

of your vulnerability

你身体的不适

in relation to time and environmental factors.

与时间和环境的联系

Now, we know that new tools

现在，我们知道那些新工具

are changing our sense of self in the world --

正在改变我们在这个世界里的自我意识--

these tiny sensors that gather data in nature,

这些小小的在大自然里收集数据的传感器，

the ubiquitous computing

这些无处不在的计算

that allows that data to be understood and used,

使数据经过分析被使用

and of course the social networks

当然还有社会关系网

that allow people to collaborate and contribute.

让人们合作与贡献。

But we think of these tools as pointing outward,

但是我们觉得这些工具指向外界，

as windows

就像窗户，

and I'd just like to invite you to think of them

现在我邀请你们把它们看做

as also turning inward

面向内部

and becoming mirrors.

就是镜子了。

So that when we think about using them

所以当我们想到使用它们

to get some systematic improvement,

以获得一些系统性的改进

we also think about how they can be useful for self-improvement,

我们也想想如何用来促进自我进步，

for self-discovery, self-awareness, self-knowledge.

自我发现，自我意识，自我了解。

Here's a biometric device:

这是个生物测量仪器：

a pair of Apple Earbuds.

一副苹果耳机。

Last year, Apple filed some patents

去年，苹果公司提交了一些专利

to get blood oxygenation,

从耳机里获取血氧含量，

heart rate and body temperature via the Earbuds.

心律和体温

What is this for?

为什么？

What should it be for?

应该是为什么？

Some people will say it's for biometric security.

一些人会说它是为了生物系统安全。

Some people will say it's for public health research.

一些人会说它是为了公众健康调查。

Some people will say it's for avant-garde marketing research.

一些人会说它是为了创新的销售调研。

I'd like to tell you

让我来告诉你

that it's also for self-knowledge.

这也是为了更有自知之明。

And the self isn't the only thing; it's not even most things.

“自我”不是唯一的东西；它也不是很多的东西。

The self is just our operation center,

它只不过是我们的操作中心，

our consciousness,

我们的意识觉悟，

our moral compass.

我们道德的指南针。

So, if we want to act

所以，如果我们想要

more effectively in the world,

在世界里变得更有效率，

we have to get to know ourselves better.

我们得对自我有更深入的了解。

Thank you.

谢谢。