A. From what we eat to how much energy we consume: everything is trackable, not least because our gadgets come equipped with clever sensors.
B. Take the recent obsession with self-tracking.
C. Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice.
D. But it won’t take long for governments to start exploring self-tracking as a solution to problems that could, and probably should, be tackled differently.
E. Right now, most of such self-tracking efforts come from the grass-roots enthusiasts.