Numbers and Dag Aabye
Numbers are everywhere Twenty years ago When I looked at my watch All I saw were two hands And 12 numbers Now, I see a number for my heart rate Another for the number of steps I’ve taken And another for number of floors climbed If I press the down button, I get the date and the watch’s battery level Another, my body’s battery level (Whatever the fuck that is) I press the button again, I get a number for my stress level Another, the elevation Then, my intensity minutes Then, calories burned Then, my sleep score Followed the numbers for the time of sunrise and sunset I could add more numbers calibrated by my watch But I chose not. And that’s just a tiny portion of my life calibrated by numbers. I have a wrist cuff to test my blood pressure On the BC Services Account Card app on my phone I can access more numbers; Glucose, hemoglobin, sodium, creatinine (whatever the fuck that is) And lipids BC hydro tells me my kilowatts per hour for the previous day And the days before that. I have numb...