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Quantified Self for Health

Category: Seminars

We welcome you to join us in-person and on Zoom for our October eWEAR Seminar.

Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Time: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm PDT

Location: Zoom & Stanford University (AllenX 101X auditorium; location and parking details below)

Registration: Please click here to register

Quantified self is a cultural trend of self-tracking that incorporates technology and data acquisition into daily life, often with the goal of improving physical and mental health or to improve performance. The widespread use of wearables that track fitness, health, and sleep have enabled more individuals who seek “self-knowledge through numbers” to engage in quantified self techniques for disease management and wellness.

Epistemic Agency — Empowering Individual Health Discovery with AI

Gary Wolf

Founder of The Quantified Self and Director of Article 27 Foundation

Abstract: Epistemic agency is the right and capacity of an individual to act as a producer of knowledge, rather than only a source of data — to pose questions, gather and interpret evidence, reach conclusions, and be recognized by others as a credible knower. Epistemic agency is not something that can simply be granted. It is realized through epistemic activities, such as training, research, communication of discoveries, and response to feedback and criticism. Since its founding in 2008, the Quantified Self community has supported participants’ epistemic agency through developing tools, methods, and systems for sharing knowledge. This seminar will review some of the lessons learned, with an emphasis on how AIs may both advance and limit participation in knowledge-making.

Bio: Gary Wolf is the author of The Quantified Self: Learning to Observe. (Workman Publishing, 2026) A former executive editor of Wired Digital and contributing editor at Wired magazine, he cofounded the Quantified Self movement in 2008. He currently works with the Personal Science Research Group to build tools, develop methods, and publish case studies that support small scale empirical science. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Order Gary Wolf’s book, The Quantified Self: Learning to Observe online.

Parking Details:

Seminar Location: AllenX 101X,  (420 Via Palou, Stanford, CA 94305, Paul G. Allen Building)

Garage/Lot Options (click here for more): 
Via Ortega Garage (parking zone 7202): 498 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305 (Map from garage to event location)

Rates (click here for more):
Per hour = $4.46
Day pass = $35.68 

The following three options are available to pay for parking: 

  1. Download the app and set up a Park Mobile account. It is recommended to do this before coming to campus. 
  2. Pay Online (No app or account needed): Navigate to app.parkmobile.io/zone/start or text “PARK” to 77223 and follow the steps to pay.
  3. Pay-By-Phone if you don’t have a smartphone or prefer an automated voice system, call ParkMobile at 877.727.5718 to start your parking session.

Safety Protocol:  Stanford strongly recommends to mask when ill with respiratory symptoms. Stanford University Covid-19 Policies.

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