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I'm not sure how society (or at least the US, because that's the only society I'm familiar with) can properly tackle sleep problems. Encouraging people to trac
by JCharante 5y ago
I'm not sure how society (or at least the US, because that's the only society I'm familiar with) can properly tackle sleep problems.
Encouraging people to track their sleep would be awesome, but $130 is still completely out of reach for low wage workers. You can save up for a $400 phone or some other luxuries that bring joy into your life but $130 towards sleep tracking? Nobody will want to save towards that, and I'm not sure they should.
My idea if society wanted to tackle this issue would be for the government to step in and provide these smart watches to everybody, much like how some companies have giving fitbits to all their employees to promote more walking and awareness of sedentry. The US already spends $11k/person/year on healthcare, so a one-time cost of $130/person seems small and could even break even if it encourages people to be more active and helps with the obesity crisis.
Unfortunately because it would be the government promoting this, there will be people convinced that it's another device to spy on you through. I mean, it's a device constantly measuring your heartbeat and movement to see if you're sleeping or not. Some sherif would probably try to subpenea Garmin to see the heart rates of people suspected of a crime.