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In this interview Jon Cousins, CEO of Moodscope, explains how he came up with the idea after being asked by a doctor to keep a record of his mood.

Jon demonstrates the effect of sharing and tracking his mood on his overall levels of happiness and talks about the Quantified Self movement and its role in mainstream healthcare.

Jon spoke at Nesta's Hack Yourself Hot Topics event in May 2012.