To the editor: I’ve watched the smartwatch development develop into extra prevalent amongst pals and strangers to the purpose the place I’ve felt that I too ought to be a part of the motion. (“Why I’m getting rid of my smartwatch,” Opinion, Dec. 17)
I’ve a variety of emotions about swapping out the small Gucci watch my husband gave me 20 years in the past for a monitoring gadget. I’ve determined that I don’t want one other guilt-inducing gadget holding observe of how I’m doing.
Moreover, I learn that members of this explicit gadget cult are weak to being hacked and their well being information being distributed God is aware of the place.
Finally, monitoring and specializing in this information might cut back one’s self-awareness to solely these numbers. Then, we compete not solely with ourselves, but in addition towards others with smartwatches attempting to survive us with their superior numbers.
From simply sitting down with a buddy and a pastry (maybe they’re the identical factor), one may get a extra humane perspective on what’s the true measure of excellent well being. I choose the corporate of pals and maybe kicking again with a espresso, a glazed doughnut and a great guide devoid of unhealthy information about one’s well being.
So, cease with the smartwatch surveillance and depart me to the lesser types of a life nicely lived.
Marjorie Marks Fond, Sherman Oaks
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To the editor: Cate Twining-Ward’s piece, although particularly about units and apps for athletic coaching, applies throughout all the spectrum of seductive devices which have infiltrated our trendy lives. Although theoretically they purpose to simplify life, in follow they’ll develop into ends in themselves.
At a minimal, this incisive, cautionary essay is value a couple of minutes of studying time away from our digital world.
James Christiansen, Oak View, Calif.
