Gary Wolf: The quantified self

譯者: Zhu Jie 審譯者: Wang-Ju Tsai

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入睡之後。

I was awakened once during the night.

夜裏我被弄醒了一次。

My heart rate was 61 beats per minute --

我的心跳是每分鐘61下。

my blood pressure, 127 over 74.

我的血壓127, 74

I had zero minutes of exercise yesterday,

昨天我鍛煉了零分鐘，

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

所以我不能夠計算運動時每分鐘的最大心跳值。

I had about 600 milligrams of caffeine,

我攝入了大約600毫克咖啡因，

zero of alcohol.

0毫克酒精。

And my score on the Narcissism Personality Index,

我的自戀人格指數，

or the NPI-16,

或者說NPI-16，

is a reassuring 0.31.

是讓人放心的0.31.

We know that numbers are useful for us

我們知道數字對我們來說很有用

when we advertise, manage, govern, search.

可以用來做廣告、管理、統治、搜尋。

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

我將講講它在我們反思，

learn, remember

學習，記憶，

and want to improve.

尋求進步的過程中有什麼用。

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

幾年前，Kevin Kelly，我的合作夥伴，和我

noticed that people were subjecting themselves

發現人們順從於

to regimes of quantitative measurement and self-tracking

數量測量和自我追蹤的體系

that went far beyond the ordinary, familiar habits

遠遠超過了正常的，熟知的習慣

such as stepping on a scale every day.

比如每天量體重。

People were tracking their food via Twitter,

人們在Twitter上記錄他們的食物，

their kids' diapers on their iPhone.

在iPhone上記錄他們孩子的尿布。

They were making detailed journals

他們製作細節化的日誌

of their spending, their mood,

以記錄他們的花銷，他們的情緒，

their symptoms, their treatments.

他們的病症，他們的治療。

Now, we know some of the technological facts

現在，我們知道一些正在促使我們改變生活習慣的

that are driving this change in our lifestyle --

科技事實--

the uptake and diffusion of mobile devices,

移動設備的出現和普及，

the exponential improvement in data storage

資料存儲越來越快的進步，

and data processing,

以及資料處理，

and the remarkable improvement in human biometric sensors.

還有人體生物感測器的顯著進展。

This little black dot there

那裏的那個小黑點

is a 3D accelerometer.

是個3D的加速計。

It tracks your movement through space.

它記錄你在空間裏的一舉一動。

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

如你所見，它又小又便宜。

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

它們已經便宜到了每個低於一美元，

and they're going into all kinds of devices.

而且它們被裝載到了各種各樣的器具上。

But what's interesting

但是有趣的是

is the incredible detailed information that you can get

你能從這樣一個小小感測器中

from just one sensor like this.

獲得讓人難以置信的細節化的資訊。

This kind of sensor

這種感測器

is in the hit biometric device --

被裝在這個碰撞生物儀中--

among early adopters at the moment -- the Fitbit.

和其他轉換器一起--它是Fitbit。

This tracks your activity and also your sleep.

它記錄你的活動，你的睡眠。

It has just that sensor in it.

它不過只是裝了那個感測器罷了。

You're probably familiar with the Nike+ system.

你可能對 “耐吉+” 系統頗為熟悉。

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

我給你們看幅圖，那個小藍點就是感測器。

It's really just a pressure sensor

它作為一個壓力探測計

like the kind that's in a doorbell.

就像門鈴裏的那種一樣。

And Nike knows how to get

耐吉公司知道如何

your pace and distance from just that sensor.

從那個小小的感測器蹤獲取你的步速和行走距離。

This is the strap

這是個帶子

that people use to transmit heart-rate data

用來讓人們傳輸心率資料

to their Nike+ system.

到 “耐吉+” 系統。

This is a beautiful, new device

這是個漂亮的新儀器

that gives you detailed sleep tracking data,

它給你細節化的資料，

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

不僅僅是你是睡是醒，，而是你睡眠的階段--

deep sleep, light sleep, REM sleep.

深度睡眠，淺度睡眠，REM睡眠。

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

這個感測器不過是束發帶上那個小小的金屬條。

The rest of it is the bedside console;

剩下的只是床邊的儀表板。

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

給大家參考，在僅僅幾年前這個睡眠追蹤系統是這樣的--

I mean, really until now.

我是說，真的只是不久之前

And this is the sleep tracking system of today.

這個是現在的睡眠追蹤系統。

This just was presented

這個剛在

at a health care conference in D.C.

華盛頓特區的一個醫護會議上被展出。

Most of what you see there is an asthma inhaler,

你在那兒看到的大部分是（哮喘）吸入器，

but the top is a very small GPS transceiver,

頂上是個很小的GPS收發器，

which gives you the date and location

讓你知道哮喘發生

of an asthma incident,

的時間和地點

giving you a new awareness

給你對自身脆弱性

of your vulnerability

與時間和環境因素間的關聯

in relation to time and environmental factors.

有一個全新的瞭解。

Now, we know that new tools

現在，我們知道新工具

are changing our sense of self in the world --

正在改變我們在這個世界裏的自我意識--

these tiny sensors that gather data in nature,

這些小小的在大自然裏收集資料的感測器，

the ubiquitous computing

這些無處不在的計算

that allows that data to be understood and used,

使得資料得以被使用和瞭解

and of course the social networks

當然還有社會網路

that allow people to collaborate and contribute.

能讓人們一同合作。

But we think of these tools as pointing outward,

但是我們覺得這些工具面向外界，

as windows

它們像窗戶，

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

現在我邀請你們把它們看做

as also turning inward

面向內部

and becoming mirrors.

像一面鏡子。

So that when we think about using them

所以當我們想到使用它們

to get some systematic improvement,

獲得一些系統性的進步的時候

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

我們也會想它們如何促進自我進步，

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

自我發現，自我意識，自我瞭解。

Here's a biometric device:

這是個生物指標測量儀器：

a pair of Apple Earbuds.

一副蘋果耳機。

Last year, Apple filed some patents

去年，蘋果公司提出幾項專利

to get blood oxygenation,

從耳機裏獲取血氧化，

heart rate and body temperature via the Earbuds.

心率和體溫

What is this for?

這是為了什麼？

What should it be for?

這應該是為了什麼？

Some people will say it's for biometric security.

一些人會說它是為了生物系統安全。

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

一些人會說它是為了公眾健康調查。

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

一些人會說它是為了創新的銷售市場調查。

I'd like to tell you

我認爲

that it's also for self-knowledge.

這也使你更有自知之明。

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

“自我”不是唯一的；也不是一切。

The self is just our operation center,

它只不過是我們的操作中心，

our consciousness,

我們的意識覺悟，

our moral compass.

我們道德的指南針。

So, if we want to act

所以，如果我們想要

more effectively in the world,

在世界裏變得更有效率，

we have to get to know ourselves better.

我們得對自我有更深入的瞭解。

Thank you.

謝謝。