Re: I see how this is shaping up
"All this IoT stuff is being extensively engineered to replace our own thought processes in the idea that computers can take of day-to-day repetitive stuff without our thinking about it."
Hunter gatherers leave nature to grow things. They don't have to think about more than the most basic storage, they don't have to make plans, and their material needs are met with simple (but skilled) tools and clothing. Early agricultural societies required a lot of planning and organisation, and thinking about the day to day repetitive stuff.
A number of anthropologists believe that the adoption of agriculture was bad for human lifespan, health and intelligence.
Being devil's advocate, perhaps IoT will get us to more like the garden of Eden than the current Cities of the Plain model. Or perhaps it will just enable Facebook to complete the task of world domination.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
