Friday, April 12, 2024

Health Trackers 1

On monitoring…

Leonard: Sometimes I feel like I'm a fossil. All this new technology, it's like a foreign language to me.

Antonio: Well, technology can be a great help. My Apple watch helps me keep track of my health, my schedule, even my messages.

Leonard: Ah, yes, the infamous Apple Watch. Seems like everyone's got one these days. But tell me, don’t you ever feel like you're too dependent on it?

Antonio: Well, maybe. Sometimes. Lately, I've been noticing that I'm constantly checking my heart rate, monitoring my exercise time... It's like I've be
come an extension of this thing on my wrist.

Leonard: I thought those health trackers were meant to be an extension of your body, not the other way around. 

Antonio: There are times that I feel like I'm more concerned about meeting the goals set by my watch than actually listening to my own body. Sometimes I wonder if we're heading towards a future where the technology becomes more essential than the very thing it's supposed to be enhancing.

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Voice-over

As Leonard notes, with all the monitoring, it's as if the device has become more important than the body it's supposed to be helping. 

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