• by Wayne Friedman , February 22, 2012

Imagine recording everything in your life.

All the spoons and forks you have used in a day, all the beats your heart makes, and everything you eyes and ears have ever tracked. Is that something the Internet should do?  

We might if it makes for a better life -- if it could solve illness mysteries, if it would improve educational scores for children, if it would predict when and where crime might happen, says Byron Reese, executive vp of innovation of Demand Media, in speaking at the OMMA Data & Behavioral event.

It's all about solving complicated relationships from data. Of course, he says, privacy would need to being cared for.