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- Highlights from Homo Deus
- [[The Quantified Self]] argues that [[The Self]] is nothing but mathematical patterns. These patterns are so complex that the human mind has no change of understanding them. So if you wish to obey the old adage and know thyself, you should not waste your time on philosophy, meditation or psychoanalysis. But rather, collect systematic data, and allow algorithms to analyze them for you and tell you who you are and what you should do. 'Self knowledge through numbers.'
- Thanks to our growing understanding of human biology, medicine keeps us alive long enough for our minds and our 'authentic selves' to disintegrate and dissolve. All too often, what's left is a collection of dysfunctional biological systems kept going by a collection of monitors, computers and pumps.
- [[The Quantified Self]] argues that [[The Self]] is nothing but mathematical patterns. These patterns are so complex that the human mind has no change of understanding them. So if you wish to obey the old adage and know thyself, you should not waste your time on philosophy, meditation or psychoanalysis. But rather, collect systematic data, and allow algorithms to analyze them for you and tell you who you are and what you should do. 'Self knowledge through numbers.'