I saw that ImmInst was mentioned in Newsweek recently, in an article about Tim Ferriss. Immortality Institute is also mentioned in his new book, which was #1 on Amazon I believe. Here’s the bit:
Ferriss is on the bleeding edge of a new trend in self-tracking and experimentation. “It’s happening because almost everyone has a data-gathering device,†he says. “It’s never been easier to gather your own data in an actionable way.†Case in point is one of his former investments, DailyBurn.com, which tracks your diet and workout sessions using an iPhone. Other sites such as CureTogether.com let you open-source clinical trials, so you can see which do-it-yourself experiments work. Meanwhile, new organizations like the Quantified Self and the Immortality Institute are connecting self-experimenters who want to trade data in a centralized fashion.
Tim Ferriss is an interesting fellow. His approach to fitness can simply be summed up as a combination of aggressiveness, self-monitoring, and the scientific method.
I bought Tim’s new book and I am implementing it. I am currently tracking my weight, blood pressure and pulse. When I get around to it I will start tracking other items like waist and other body measurements. My doctor runs a series of blood panels quarterly. It isn’t as intensive as Tim’s tracking. I am also on his “diet” … meat (beef, pork, chicken & fish), beans (legumes), vegetables and lots of water. Also, I am tracking my physical activity and sleep with Fitbit (google it).
Not sure if you (Michael) care or not but there was a story about singularity/immortality in TIME magazine. The article focuses mostly on Ray Kurzweil (sp?), and to a slightly lesser extent on Aubrey De Grey (sp?), and portrayed the singularity/immortality quest in a fairly positive light — or so I thought.
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