Smart devices have taken over our lives, and we’re okay with it

Technology has made our everyday living so convenient, we literally never have to lift a finger except to tap on our phones.

So when I couldn’t find the ring, I turned the room upside down until I found it. In that moment, I truly realised just how entangled I had become with the technology in my life. It seems that many of my peers are equally hooked on various smart gadgets. Take the data collected by the Oura ring – my friends and I often discuss our statistics, which have even become a central conversation topic at dinner parties.

I remember reading a story a few years ago, of a couple in the US who had their private conversations recorded by Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa and sent to a contact without them realising it. That story sparked hundreds of other stories on platforms like Reddit – and some of them are downright frightening.

During that aforementioned hotel stay, I remember a little moment on my first night when I felt a twinge of annoyance that I had to get out of bed to switch off the desk light. That first morning after I deactivated my various smart devices, the light in my room didn’t come on at the usual time, the air purifier stayed on night mode and the fan did not switch on. The coffee that I usually sip slowly, knowing the mug would keep it at the exact temperature I like it, got cold.

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