Put SLL on record: the Apple Watch will be nowhere near the sensation that the iPod, iPad, iMac, and iPhone have been. It is somehow more convenient than pulling your iPhone out of your pocket or purse, and for that people are supposed to pay $350 on up. We’ll see. For a skeptical take from another angle, here’s Charles Hugh Smith, from oftwominds.com:
Being connected is a sure way to destroy productivity.
The reason I don’t want an Apple Watch has nothng to do with its look, functionality, price or battery life. The reason I have no interest in an Apple Watch (or any of its competitors) is I can’t afford to be connected to a device that destroys my productivity with an endless stream of chirps, beeps, buzzes or vibrations every time an email, tweet, text, etc. arrives.
Stated very simply: the Apple Watch, like every other enslaving you to the network device, is a productivity destroyer.
A number of readers sent me this article on the luxury status of quietude: The Cost of Paying Attention: Silence is now offered as a luxury good.
Why is quietude now a luxury? There are two reasons:
1. Being chained to the network is now the default. Everyone on the bus is either talking on a mobile phone or staring at a mobile device. Whatever status there once was in being connected has completely evaporated. As I have noted here before, the highest possible status now is reserved for those who cannot waste their valuable time being accessible to everyone with a network connection.
2. Thinking clearly and productively is impossible when a train of thought is constantly interrupted by incoming messages and notifications.
To continue reading: Why I Don’t Want an Apple Watch
