How I learned to stop worrying and love my health tracker

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Take a scroll on your favorite news site, and you might believe that a health tracker, like an Apple Watch or Oura Ring, is a paranoia-inducing and life-ruining device that causes more harm than good to its owners. A few weeks ago, The New York Times published a story documenting the anxiety some users experience after wearing an Oura Ring. Earlier this week, Vox's senior tech correspondent, Adam Clark Estes, wrote about how his quest to monitor every aspect of his health stressed him out. Also: I took these four sleep trackers to bed. Here's which one I recommend most He wrote: "In the six months I spent hooked up to every health tracker I could find, feeding my morbid curiosity, I drove myself slightly crazy." Whenever a new technology emerges, skepticism ensues. How critical should we be of these health trackers that get a front-row view of our habits? And are we ready to confront our behaviors when we purchase one of these devices? As a health and wearables ... Read full article.