[wtf77]

Is a genuine question. I wanted to know what he collected that was important in 100 notebooks. He links the Wikipedia article on 'quantified self' where it says that “[…]with the goal of improving physical, mental, and emotional performance. "

I just wanted to know if there was one thing that was worth doing all this for, because my opinion is that logging your data -quantitative data- doesn't make you better. That's all.

[ColinWright]

Then I'd ask that you read my comment and take it on board as personal feedback. Asking a rich question can be valuable for all of us, but what you said comes across as largely dismissive snark. Since you say you didn't intend it that way then I hope this feedback is useful for you.

As an example, I've tried to take my own advice and asked the rich question here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30409278

[wtf77]

I have argued my question and told you my opinion on self logging and quantified self. I don't understand what else I should be asking. I personally am a strong advocate of note-taking and agree with your post above. I myself have collected notebooks, and now they rest on a shelf gathering dust since I don't do anything with them except flip through them for nostalgia and look at my drawings/sketches. I use Obsidian to collect the information I'm interested in and try to connect them together and I can research and connect the dots to form new ideas and I find the value in just connecting the ideas. Collecting and not using notes can be as therapeutic as those notebooks with mandalas to color.

[ColinWright]

Based on what you say here:

> I have argued my question and told you my opinion on self logging and quantified self. I don't understand what else I should be asking.

I feel like I've explained clearly why your initial reply has been down-voted, why people have asked you for clarification, and how that could all have been avoided. So I guess I have nothing further to add on that issue.

I find your comments about your note-taking interesting ... I wish you had given them in your initial reply, because then it would have been a top-level, information-rich comment. But I assume you had your reasons for replying as you did.

Thank you for the clarifications ... I think this discussion is complete.

[wtf77]

Thanks, and BTW I never asked about why I was downvoted. People downvote just because they don't like my question because it sounds controversial? It's fine. This obsession with quantifying everything - life,likes, views, karma, upvotes, downvotes, page view, fitness data,health data - is typical of the mentality of the Lords of Silicon Valley. Thank you Morozov for enlightening me.