First Coined In 2012 Measuring Life trend icon

Measuring Life

A growing range of tracking tools handle individualized data to monitor and measure all areas of your life. They allow you to track your own health, measure your social influence, and set goals.

The 2012 Non-Obvious Trend Report, where Measuring Life was first coined

First published in the 2012 Non-Obvious Trend Report →

Trend Longevity Rating

A Graded A in 2026 ·
an exceptional prediction that grew more true over time

How this trend held up

What was a big idea in 2012 has now become mainstream as we seem surrounded by tracking devices-so this trend undeniably accelerated.

Every past trend prediction is re-reviewed and graded with a Trend Longevity Rating, measuring how much each originally curated trend still matters years later.

Where It Led

This trend evolved into a megatrend.

In 2020, Measuring Life was identified as one of the past trends that evolved into the megatrend Data Abundance: The growing ubiquity of data and the myriad ways it can be collected raise big questions about how to make it truly useful, who owns the data, and who should stand to profit from it.

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