The document discusses self-actualization through awareness and data tracking, referencing Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It highlights the importance of qualitative insights derived from self-tracking and the impact of technology on human behavior. The author emphasizes that while data can enhance understanding, true insights about oneself must ultimately come from personal reflection and intuition.

1. Know Thyself.
Self Actualization By Numbers
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

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3. Rachelle DiGregorio
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8. Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs
Self
Actualization
Esteem
Confidence, Achievement
Belonging
Friendship, Family, Love
Security
of Body, Property, Resources
Physiological
Food, water, sleep, sex, excretion
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

9. Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs
Self
Actualization
Esteem
Confidence, Achievement
Belonging
Friendship, Family, Love
Security
of Body, Property, Resources
Physiological
Food, water, sleep, sex, excretion
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

10. Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs
Self
Actualization
Esteem
Confidence, Achievement
Belonging
Friendship, Family, Love
Security
of Body, Property, Resources
Physiological
Food, water, sleep, sex, excretion
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

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13. Data = Mirror
“I think that self-awareness is about mirroring yourself, seeing
yourself, in whatever it is that you do.
I'm using a Jawbone UP to mirror my activity so I can "see" it. If
I meditated more, I'd notice recurring thoughts, etc. This is
another modality of the same sort of awareness gathering”
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

14. “The idea that our mental life is affected by hidden causes is a mainstay
of psychology.
Tracking = Attention
Nearly every therapeutic prescription involves an invitation to notice,
to pay attention.”
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

15. Reporter for iphone
“I want you to be
scared by your
routine, or by
decisions you
haven’t thought
about because you
don’t want to face
them”
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16. TRACK
better
decisions
AWARNESS
DATA
enhanced
behaviours
ANALYSIS
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

17. 1. Manual data capture sucks.
2. Single sources of data aren’t that useful.
3. Quantification need qualification.
4. Knowledge alone doesn’t change behaviour.
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

18. 1. Manual data capture sucks.
2. Single sources of data aren’t that useful.
3. Quantification need qualification.
4. Knowledge alone doesn’t change behaviour.
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

19. 1. Manual data capture sucks.
2. Single sources of data aren’t that useful.
3. Quantification need qualification.
4. Knowledge alone doesn’t change behaviour.
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

20. 1. Manual data capture sucks.
2. Single sources of data aren’t that useful.
3. Quantification need qualification.
4. Knowledge alone doesn’t change behaviour.
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

21. Essen’s Hierarchy of
Quantified Self
Quantified
Society
ENHANCEMENT
Behavioural
Prompts
Lifestyle Context
Ambience & Synthesis
INSIGHT
Goal-Progress
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

22. Essen’s Hierarchy of
Quantified Self
Quantified
Society
Behavioural
Prompts
Lifestyle Context
Ambience & Synthesis
Goal-Progress
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

23. Essen’s Hierarchy of
Quantified Self
Quantified
Society
Behavioural
Prompts
Lifestyle Context
Ambience & Synthesis
Goal-Progress
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

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26. Essen’s Hierarchy of
Quantified Self
Quantified
Society
Behavioural
Prompts
Lifestyle Context
Ambience & Synthesis
Goal-Progress
Friday, 7 March 2014

27. Melon
measuring focus in lifestyle context
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30. Essen’s Hierarchy of
Quantified Self
Quantified
Society
ENHANCEMENT
Behavioural
Prompts
Lifestyle Context
Ambience & Synthesis
INSIGHT
Goal-Progress
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

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32. The Human API
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33. Essen’s Hierarchy of
Quantified Self
Quantified
Society
Behavioural
Prompts
Lifestyle Context
Ambience & Synthesis
Goal-Progress
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

34. Where people run
Runkeeper data for London
Friday, 7 March 2014

35. “The idea that our mental life is affected by hidden causes is a mainstay
of psychology.
Actualization?
Nearly every therapeutic prescription involves an invitation to notice,
to pay attention.”
Friday, 7 March 2014

36. “The practical conclusion is that we
should turn many of our decisions and
diagnoses over to the algorithms.
There’s just no controversy any more
about whether doing so will give us
better results.”
Andrew McAfee, Initiative on the Digital Economy, MIT
Friday, 7 March 2014

37. Sigmund Freud
1856 - 1939
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38. @benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#DATASELF

39. “People are not machines
but in every opportunity
where they are allowed
to behave like machines,
they will so behave.”
Ludwig von Bertalanffy, 1968
Friday, 7 March 2014

40. “The most important
thing about a technology
is how it changes people”
Jaron Lanier, 2009
Friday, 7 March 2014

41. Self-tracking must feed our
intuition. not replace it.
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

42. Behavior leading to selfactualization:
(a) Experiencing life like a child, with full
absorption and concentration;
(b) Trying new things instead of sticking to safe
paths;
(c) Listening to your own feelings in evaluating
experiences instead of the voice of the majority;
(d) Trying to identify your defenses and having the
courage to give them up.
Friday, 7 March 2014

43. Quantification : Qualification
“For me, the real value in this whole project hasn’t
necessarily come from the data at all, but from the
process of getting outdoors, exploring, and then
reflecting on my experiences through documentation.”
Friday, 7 March 2014

44. The best insights about ourselves
will always come from within.
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself

45. Thank you
@benessen
Friday, 7 March 2014
#dataself