User Generated Health

Esther Dyson is invariably ahead of time. She has both the brains and instincts to make this a certainty. Her early investment in personal genome service 23andme was a great hint for us. Looking at her steadily reinforced angel investments in healthcare, the prediction of the next big thing comes easy.

 

As technology advances, it is increasingly easy to collect personal health and fitness data to help us combat our own vices such as laziness, alcohol or bad food. She firmly believes that user generated data and personal devices like Jawbone can make us healthier. The underlying motivation is not only obsession for personal health but also very social. Comparing the completed kilometres on a bycycle for instance, you can compete with your social network and health is getting gamificated.

 

When she is not looking at potential investments or is fighting for government transparency, she had been training to be a cosmonaut. Recently she had some spare time and joined us for the DLD 'morning party' at the General Assembly in NYC.