In the past 4 years Ive gotten At Least a dozen inquiries and pitches from entrepreneurs who want to create a new health app/product that takes your data and does...something
Same answer: Pointless idea
Its a solution in search of a problem
Same answer: Pointless idea
Its a solution in search of a problem
There is a dominating paradigm in tech entrepreneurship that all the worlds problems be solved with data, an app, and an algorithm
There is zero understanding of complex and non linear systems that defy easy spreadsheet categorization
There is zero understanding of complex and non linear systems that defy easy spreadsheet categorization
Technology does not automatically make all things better, quite often it makes them WORSE
The technological mindset that favors pure speed and efficiency and maximizing margins dramatically overlooks robustness, longevity, and 2nd 3rd order effects
The technological mindset that favors pure speed and efficiency and maximizing margins dramatically overlooks robustness, longevity, and 2nd 3rd order effects
You can track your "data" from training by recording SETS AND REPS
You can assess whether its working by strength increases and scale weight changes
The optimization of this process is a multi factoral experience requiring hands on learning, customization, applied knowledge...
You can assess whether its working by strength increases and scale weight changes
The optimization of this process is a multi factoral experience requiring hands on learning, customization, applied knowledge...
And you think a wearable app is going to what?
Spit out a formulaic plan based on data that somehow optimizes a physiological/psychological process that takes months and years?
Does anyone in your industry LIFT WEIGHTS?
Clearly not.
Spit out a formulaic plan based on data that somehow optimizes a physiological/psychological process that takes months and years?
Does anyone in your industry LIFT WEIGHTS?
Clearly not.
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