To the editor: I’ve watched the smartwatch development turn out to be extra prevalent amongst associates 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 plenty 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 retaining 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 knowledge being distributed God is aware of the place.
In the end, monitoring and specializing in this knowledge might cut back one’s self-awareness to solely these numbers. Then, we compete not solely with ourselves, but additionally in opposition to others with smartwatches attempting to survive us with their superior numbers.
From simply sitting down with a good friend and a pastry (maybe they’re the identical factor), one would possibly get a extra humane perspective on what’s the true measure of fine well being. I favor the corporate of associates and maybe kicking again with a espresso, a glazed doughnut and a superb e book 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 effectively 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 fashionable lives. Although theoretically they purpose to simplify life, in apply they will turn out to be 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.
