Are you living life or tracking It?

你是活在当下,还是在追逐它?

Round Table China

2026-01-12

23 分钟
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The Soapbox. / Welcome to the era of the Quantified Self, where we optimize every heartbeat and dissect every hour of sleep. This constant data stream promises a path to perfect control and an optimized life. But is that the whole story? Does tracking your life really help you live it more fully, or does it simply become another obstacle on the path to being present (12:08)? On the show: Steve, Yushun & Xingyu.
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is Round Table.

  • You're listening to Round Table.

  • I'm Steve Hatherly, today with Xinyu and Youshun.

  • But coming up, they look perfect, they glow, almost.

  • Yet something feels off.

  • This week, Yusha and grabs the soapbox and traces a modern mystery hidden in plain sight.

  • In the very heart of a fruit,

  • people seem to be having a problem with the size of their strawberries.

  • Stay tuned for that.

  • And then, welcome to the era of the quantified self,

  • where we optimize every heartbeat and hour of sleep.

  • All this data promises control.

  • but what about the pressure we feel?

  • Today we'll ask, does tracking your life actually help you live it or just get in the way?

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