All I saw was a ring with what appeared to be a ton of little droidy sensors and it creeped me out. I'm really old fashioned so it came off like one of those Black Mirror devices. I didn't know what it actually did (and neither did Best Buy) and figured that smart watches had already solved most of the health-related stuff so all my mind came up with was creepy dystopian stuff. Monitoring people's location, Covid vax status, etc. I know of some jobs that require employees to have Oura Rings, and I have no clue why (GPS?). As I said, I watched too many dystopian science fiction movies, and heed their warnings.
Somehow we as a species survived a ton of years without this tech, and for some reason today everyone is so spoiled by it they can't imagine a life without it, which to me would be real freedom. I'm tired of conversing behind a screen, I'd rather have a real physical relationship myself. Only I'm often told that's obsolete and was how Covid happened. Honestly, I'd be much happier to never see a QR code ever again. They're on literally everything. If it comes to the point that I start seeing them on animals and insects I will just end it.
Heaven forbid a natural disaster knocks the internet down for a significant period of time. At least I have my generator, and VHS movies, and DVD collection. Anyone dependent on their fancy smart TV will be just staring at a black box not able to do anything.
Honestly we were doing just fine until around 2002-ish. Then everything started getting ridiculous, and after 2014, it got worse. All I want is the life before all of it. I like having electricity and a land line phone, microwave, TV and such, but I long for a world without a smartphone or a car without a dozen screens killing my retinas.
