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Some day my Oura ring and my Apple watch will naturally integrate what they measure about my health and activity with my Strava, Headspace and maybe even electronic health records. Looking forward to seeing how you think about the integration of consumer wellness and clinical medical data into one seamless experience.

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I don't look forward to private health insurance getting their hands on that data. Regulators certainly won't allow it anyway - European regulators at least.

Yes. That's why we think with the user in mind first, to make sure that this doesn't happen.

What do you actually use that information for?

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I've tried to get into this stuff, but I've found it completely useless for making any sort of impact on my day-to-day. I could see it being useful for athletes looking to hit their peak, but as a dude that just wants to bike and ski for fun, I get all of the information I need by just asking: "How am I feeling and what contributed to this".

The metrics are all just noise. That basically come down to:

* Have I been eating well?

* What have I consumed that's "terrible" for me (drinking, unhealthy food, etc)?

* Have I exercised recently?

I think that there are a lot of ways to actually use the information. See the example of Eight Sleep : They use your sleep data to actually improve your sleep. Or Myfitnesspal: Connect your wearable to know exactly how many calories you need after training, and so on!

Absolutely. Your Oura and Apple watch, plus all other wearables are measuring data on a dynamic way, rather than the static we had all the previous years. Thus the insights are a much better indicator of your health, than what it used to be. From our customers we already see a strong development in the consumer wellness space !

This is the dream, but outside of government intervention I don't think it will ever be realized. There's no effective standards body, and the big players have little interest in sharing their data in any robust way. There's so many devils in the details of these specifications.

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