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

我今晨6：10起床

I was awakened once during the night.

在昨晚12：45入睡之後。

My heart rate was 61 beats per minute --

夜裏我被弄醒了一次。

my blood pressure, 127 over 74.

我的心跳是每分鐘61下。

I had zero minutes of exercise yesterday,

我的血壓127, 74

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

昨天我鍛煉了零分鐘，

I had about 600 milligrams of caffeine,

所以我不能夠計算運動時每分鐘的最大心跳值。

zero of alcohol.

我攝入了大約600毫克咖啡因，

And my score on the Narcissism Personality Index,

0毫克酒精。

or the NPI-16,

我的自戀人格指數，

is a reassuring 0.31.

或者說NPI-16，

We know that numbers are useful for us

是讓人放心的0.31.

when we advertise, manage, govern, search.

我們知道數字對我們來說很有用

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

可以用來做廣告、管理、統治、搜尋。

learn, remember

我將講講它在我們反思，

and want to improve.

學習，記憶，

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

尋求進步的過程中有什麼用。

noticed that people were subjecting themselves

幾年前，Kevin Kelly，我的合作夥伴，和我

to regimes of quantitative measurement and self-tracking

發現人們順從於

that went far beyond the ordinary, familiar habits

數量測量和自我追蹤的體系

such as stepping on a scale every day.

遠遠超過了正常的，熟知的習慣

People were tracking their food via Twitter,

比如每天量體重。

their kids' diapers on their iPhone.

人們在Twitter上記錄他們的食物，

They were making detailed journals

在iPhone上記錄他們孩子的尿布。

of their spending, their mood,

他們製作細節化的日誌

their symptoms, their treatments.

以記錄他們的花銷，他們的情緒，

Now, we know some of the technological facts

他們的病症，他們的治療。

that are driving this change in our lifestyle --

現在，我們知道一些正在促使我們改變生活習慣的

the uptake and diffusion of mobile devices,

科技事實--

the exponential improvement in data storage

移動設備的出現和普及，

and data processing,

資料存儲越來越快的進步，

and the remarkable improvement in human biometric sensors.

以及資料處理，

This little black dot there

還有人體生物感測器的顯著進展。

is a 3D accelerometer.

那裏的那個小黑點

It tracks your movement through space.

是個3D的加速計。

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

它記錄你在空間裏的一舉一動。

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

如你所見，它又小又便宜。

and they're going into all kinds of devices.

它們已經便宜到了每個低於一美元，

But what's interesting

而且它們被裝載到了各種各樣的器具上。

is the incredible detailed information that you can get

但是有趣的是

from just one sensor like this.

你能從這樣一個小小感測器中

This kind of sensor

獲得讓人難以置信的細節化的資訊。

is in the hit biometric device --

這種感測器

among early adopters at the moment -- the Fitbit.

被裝在這個碰撞生物儀中--

This tracks your activity and also your sleep.

和其他轉換器一起--它是Fitbit。

It has just that sensor in it.

它記錄你的活動，你的睡眠。

You're probably familiar with the Nike+ system.

它不過只是裝了那個感測器罷了。

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

你可能對 “耐吉+” 系統頗為熟悉。

It's really just a pressure sensor

我給你們看幅圖，那個小藍點就是感測器。

like the kind that's in a doorbell.

它作為一個壓力探測計

And Nike knows how to get

就像門鈴裏的那種一樣。

your pace and distance from just that sensor.

耐吉公司知道如何

This is the strap

從那個小小的感測器蹤獲取你的步速和行走距離。

that people use to transmit heart-rate data

這是個帶子

to their Nike+ system.

用來讓人們傳輸心率資料

This is a beautiful, new device

到 “耐吉+” 系統。

that gives you detailed sleep tracking data,

這是個漂亮的新儀器

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

它給你細節化的資料，

deep sleep, light sleep, REM sleep.

不僅僅是你是睡是醒，，而是你睡眠的階段--

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

深度睡眠，淺度睡眠，REM睡眠。

The rest of it is the bedside console;

這個感測器不過是束發帶上那個小小的金屬條。

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

剩下的只是床邊的儀表板。

I mean, really until now.

給大家參考，在僅僅幾年前這個睡眠追蹤系統是這樣的--

And this is the sleep tracking system of today.

我是說，真的只是不久之前

This just was presented

這個是現在的睡眠追蹤系統。

at a health care conference in D.C.

這個剛在

Most of what you see there is an asthma inhaler,

華盛頓特區的一個醫護會議上被展出。

but the top is a very small GPS transceiver,

你在那兒看到的大部分是（哮喘）吸入器，

which gives you the date and location

頂上是個很小的GPS收發器，

of an asthma incident,

讓你知道哮喘發生

giving you a new awareness

的時間和地點

of your vulnerability

給你對自身脆弱性

in relation to time and environmental factors.

與時間和環境因素間的關聯

Now, we know that new tools

有一個全新的瞭解。

are changing our sense of self in the world --

現在，我們知道新工具

these tiny sensors that gather data in nature,

正在改變我們在這個世界裏的自我意識--

the ubiquitous computing

這些小小的在大自然裏收集資料的感測器，

that allows that data to be understood and used,

這些無處不在的計算

and of course the social networks

使得資料得以被使用和瞭解

that allow people to collaborate and contribute.

當然還有社會網路

But we think of these tools as pointing outward,

能讓人們一同合作。

as windows

但是我們覺得這些工具面向外界，

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

它們像窗戶，

as also turning inward

現在我邀請你們把它們看做

and becoming mirrors.

面向內部

So that when we think about using them

像一面鏡子。

to get some systematic improvement,

所以當我們想到使用它們

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

獲得一些系統性的進步的時候

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

我們也會想它們如何促進自我進步，

Here's a biometric device:

自我發現，自我意識，自我瞭解。

a pair of Apple Earbuds.

這是個生物指標測量儀器：

Last year, Apple filed some patents

一副蘋果耳機。

to get blood oxygenation,

去年，蘋果公司提出幾項專利

heart rate and body temperature via the Earbuds.

從耳機裏獲取血氧化，

What is this for?

心率和體溫

What should it be for?

這是為了什麼？

Some people will say it's for biometric security.

這應該是為了什麼？

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

一些人會說它是為了生物系統安全。

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

一些人會說它是為了公眾健康調查。

I'd like to tell you

一些人會說它是為了創新的銷售市場調查。

that it's also for self-knowledge.

我認爲

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

這也使你更有自知之明。

The self is just our operation center,

“自我”不是唯一的；也不是一切。

our consciousness,

它只不過是我們的操作中心，

our moral compass.

我們的意識覺悟，

So, if we want to act

我們道德的指南針。

more effectively in the world,

所以，如果我們想要

we have to get to know ourselves better.

在世界裏變得更有效率，

Thank you.

我們得對自我有更深入的瞭解。