Institute For The Future

Body as Information System

As mobile and wearable technologies proiferate, people will increasingly be able to capture more and more information about their bodies, including emotional and health states.  This will drive the shift to viewing health and body through the lens of information, including discussing various health issues through the language of information (i.e. my dopamine level is low. when my glucose level drops, I experience---).This related to Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf's ideas of quantifiable self.