# Heartbeat I built Heartbeat while working at Enova. (Later, I built a successor: [1to4](/2018/1to4.md).) It was for monitoring the health of collectives of people, using metrics that could really only be interpreted emotionally. The goal was to get at what really *mattered*. The measurements were aggregated and published internally, for everyone to see. Each human's specific data was always private to them, but each *collection* of people (and each collection of collections) had its data out in the open. Reception was polarized. People mostly loved it, a few responded with deep, deep caution. It always created active, earnest conversation. {% embed url="" %} {% embed url="" %} {% hint style="info" %} Get the transcript for this video at [20140814](/2014/08/14.md). {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.isaacbowen.com/2014/heartbeat.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.