Chris Dancy keeps metrics on himself for every moment of every day.
He knows the number of steps he travels in a day, his average heart rate, and the amount of food he’s eaten. The “Quantified Man,” says keeping statistics makes him a better employee and it’s in the future of everyone’s work.
Hear this conversation on The Story's site. Also in this show: Roman Mars of the 99% Invisible podcast looks back to a time when we sent information using pneumatic tubes - the kind you might still see in a drive through bank; and host Dick Gordon checks in withBen Harris and Scott Haren, who suffer from ALS and have tried to make their own medicine to stop the progress of their disease.