Wearable devices to monitor bodily functions now constitute a multi-billion-dollar industry. Fitbit, Jawbone Up and other gadgets keep track of your blood pressure, sleep patterns, calories burned and how many steps you take in a day. The idea is to apply technology to human biology in order to develop healthier habits, but the value of self-awareness has limits. All that data can be overwhelming — and compromise privacy. Will tracking and collecting so much personal information give new power to insurance companies and government agencies?
Fitness Tracking: The Benefits and Unintended Consequences
Credits
Guests:
Christie Aschwanden - FiveThirtyEight -
@cragcrest,
Chris Dancy - "the most connected human on Earth" -
@ServiceSphere,
Robert Wachter - University of California, San Francisco -
@Bob_Wachter,
Clive Thompson - Wired Magazine / New York Times Magazine -
@pomeranian99
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Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Benjamin Gottlieb,
Katie Cooper,
Evan George