The Quantified Self | Pros, Cons, and Transhumanism

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Background
1:47 Pros of the quantified self
3:32 The dark side
4:18 Privacy
4:58 Transhumanism
6:39 Conclusion
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[@peter6980]

would love a video of your thoughts on any architecture! keep up the great work!

[@soft-conf]

Big fan of these devices although I would like to see more advanced open source options developed by the community like the (very) basic Pine Time by Pine 64. Which is currently the only fitness tracker I can actually trust.

[@austinacl02]

Currently going on a comfort binge of all your videos, love the content!

[@coolsnail58]

these videos are so well researched and your ideas are so well developed. i love love love ur videos

[@almondjoy123]

Wow! I love your videos! I can tell you put a lot of research and thought into them.

[@N19N90N9]

5:09 Kek based Freudian slip

[@coltrv]

What is kek?

[@Daniel-le9lc]

@@coltrv Go home man you're better off not knowing

[@coltrv]

@@Daniel-le9lc I believe you

[@supermike12321]

this video is amazing and I love ur channel! currently binging it as we speak

[@onegroovy]

what a good presentation work it is , very well organised and easy to understand . And you talked about everything that was necessary . Looking forward to your content . It was shared by my friend . I'm thankful .

[@Therodinn]

good vid. i like your channel and the topics you pick. you should make longer vids

[@Craichy]

Love your videos. Your voice is pleasant

[@JustindV]

your video's are amazing, wow!

[@JesusChristDenton_7]

"Do you know what humanity's greatest weakness is? Humans consistently ignore the endless infinity of possibilities in favor of maintaining the status quo. People fear change, they settle with fine when they could have exceptional." -Viktor

[@MarbledLight]

Could you make more videos on Android? I found your other one super interesting

[@Undefined.100]

Thank you!! Yep I have a few ideas in the works ;)

[@MarbledLight]

@@Undefined.100 that's great! I subbed and turned on notifications, looking forward to them :)

[@alizagans2685]

For me I just have my phone tracking my steps and movement and that's all I need. Glad people have been helped by the other things these wearables do, just not for me. The people who want to insert tech into our bodies definitely gives me the creeps.

[@ripthedvd9728]

Your health doesn't matter if it's not yours. Sovereignty of mind and body. This is a dystopia.

[@fl570]

Just the beginning.

[@Sneeds_Feed_And_Seed69]

yea

[@shivayshakti6575]

God old fashioned intuition, thats why we have good old fashioned obesity crisis!

[@lilmamagc]

I work in cybersecurity and IT but I secretly hate tech

[@lilmamagc]

louder!!

[@sshadyh]

I don’t really like the scary idea of it but I love stats and when I was little I would always wonder how many calories of food and liters of water i’ve consumed, things like spotify wrapped showing how much music you’ve listened to is statistics I love to see but I don’t even use a smart watch

[@lv1543]

this scares me.

[@freddyfps2]

very based. i threw away my whoop a few weeks ago

[@ygypt]

i would love a smartwatch but there are no good android watches made in a square form factor.. whyyyyyyyyyyy are they all circles its such a bad shape

[@ripthedvd9728]

Every time we invent more tech that is more and more personally invasive we become less happy. Most people who remember it wish they could go back to the old Windows 95 days and fire up some minesweeper. People are happiest in real life without tech on them.

[@tomv2063]

it depends on how your relationship with technology is. As this vid mentions, personal tech can be positively life-changing in a number of ways, especially for those suffering from health conditions, but it can also lead you into having a perfectionist mindset by obsessing over health statistics which isn't healthy.

[@ripthedvd9728]

@@tomv2063 To an extent you can choose how much you interact. However, as time goes on if enough people adopt something it becomes essentially mandatory. Email and/or a cell phone number are basically mandatory in the modern world for everything from getting a job and paying bills to ordering take out. 20 years ago email was optional; 20 years from today smart homes, smart watches, and social media could be as optional as email is now. For people who really need a smart health device I understand, but most people get one just to be in on the trend because they want to be part of whatever the perceived latest and greatest thing is. The downsides are worse than just a perfectionist mindset. When you start using these devices, you sacrifice personal sovereignty and control over your health. Based on internal docs and various public actions, big tech over the past 10 years has slowly turned into a propaganda organization bent on analyzing our behavior and using that data to alter our behaviors to the mode they deem appropriate. The fact that all your data on smart devices is monitored alone should be enough to stay away. We should all feel deeply violated. What I find really disturbing about all this is that everyone knows what they're up to, everyone knows they're spying and suppressing dissidents, but they keep signing up for these services anyway. It's like everyone has just surrendered and stopped caring about their privacy and digital rights altogether because it's an insurmountable challenge. I've noticed this when I look at any sort of video or listen to any song from the 2000s, the people were different. The culture of the 2000s was one of people before they were overwhelmed into submission.

[@acolyte1951]

@@ripthedvd9728 I agree that it's better for more things not to become mandatory like how emails are now. It is undeniable that an electronic bank account is easier and faster to access to, but when smartphones are required to operate in society then it's a tad too much

[@sheepketchup9059]

That's just your mind affected by nostalgia and the lack of responsibility in your childhood coupled with childhood ignorance of the on-goings of the world. This kind of anti-technology mindset is actually really dangerous, I need to keep track of my blood oxygen levels because my body wouldn't tell me if I'm going into hypoxia.

[@sheepketchup9059]

@@ripthedvd9728 the fact that you're blaming TECHNOLOGY itself instead of shitty corporate practices and corporations really goes to show how untouchable Capitalism is and how much are people willing to go to divert blame away from it.

[@Sneeds_Feed_And_Seed69]

Deus Ex game series

[@SYNTH_M4N]

Animals are already machines, machines made from flesh and blood rather than alloy and circuitry, machines made crudely from chance rather than by intelligent design. To replace the rudimentary flesh with metal and plastic would not only increase lifespan exponentially, but also greatly enhance said organisms physical and mental capabilities. Such technologies would allow mankind to break free from age old bonds like ageing, death or pestilence. Forego ancient weakness, embrace new strength.

[@tomv2063]

You seem to focus more on material substance than mind substance, animals have instincts and emotions, they can feel pain and learn from past experience where robots rely on programming. Until strong AI is created, I think comparing animals to machines is an overstretch. While improving the physical condition is great and all, the issue of concern relies on the privacy of individuals. How would you know if these tech companies aren't using our personal data collected from our devices for shady intentions?.

[@SYNTH_M4N]

@@tomv2063 While these are fair concerns, and I can definitely see why you feel this way, I'd still take a flawed immortality over a short, mediocre life.

[@series1054]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine. Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved. For the Machine is Immortal.

[@SYNTH_M4N]

@@TheVioletBunny zamn!😨

[@thinginground5179]

ok

[@u4f8hfsh498]

id only buy a smartwatch to replace my smartphone.

[@oceanmew]

I bought an Apple Watch recently and it's absolutely, like, proto-transhumanism When I'm charging it and I need some function of it, I look at my wrist and I'm like "oh" It feels like a technological extension of the self. Right now even the most advanced one on the market (Apple Watch Ultra) is still like comparatively stone-age in the grander scheme of transhumanism progress but we are absolutely getting there

[@Ratrapina]

I have no interest in smart watches at all nor have I owned one. But I found this very interesting and yummy brain food 😂

[@johnanth]

I appreciated the balanced perspective. As a watch enthusiast I don't love smartwatches, seeing them a bit too much as a tool with little view to craftsmanship or design (only watch person will understand). With regard to the privacy point, there are now a couple of 'DIY' smartwatches like the PineTime and a few other examples on GitHub, though they're really beyond my skill or interest. I have a fairly obsessive personality (got the diagnosis, even) and what you called out about overdoing data is absolutely correct and find that the more such things I add to my life, the more I live through lists haha. My least favourite feature of smartwatches currently is their short battery life - the endless recharge cycle is just not for me. There are devices like the Amazfit Neo which use more efficient LCD negative displays, but they don't crack the privacy point and again, they aren't essential to a healthy lifestyle, nor do I like being spammed with notifications. That device's 30 days of battery life is tolerable, but it doesn't compete with the G-Shock I wore through much of high school that lasted around 7 years on one battery! I think the worry your device is going to run out is a legitimate stressor and a poor experience that manufacturers should consider. Certainly I've seen many people walk away from smartwatches as a result.

[@Undefined.100]

Oh yeahhh good point about the constant charging. Another downside I didn’t think of could be constant upkeep. Though I suppose it’s not a huge con. That’s interesting that you say you’re not too interested in smart watches because of how much you appreciate real watches. I also love watches, but for me, being interested in smart watches is actually got me INTO liking normal watches lol. Anyway, thanks for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@TheGrayWolf81]

Pebble did it best with their smartwatches. It still baffles me there isn't another company continuing their hardware (and software) design philosophy. Luckily they're still usable even though Pebble no longer exists as a company!

[@colin591]

i hope nobody would actually let elon musk install a brain chip in them

[@rg6427]

Damn great vid. Actually now realise my Apple Watch gives me so much health anxiety…. 🥲