The Man Who Quantifies Every Moment Of Every Day

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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 with Ben Harris and Scott Haren, who suffer from ALS and have tried to make their own medicine to stop the progress of their disease.