The concept of smart tools and appliances has always been nightmarish to me. I don't want a smart wrench, stove, toilet or drill. The intelligence should be in the handler of these items, and the design itself.

I know things can be designed and programmed to do amazing things, some of them admirable. I don't need any of them. I just wonder if there will always be a choice. When I need a computer, I'll use a computer. I don't ever want to read the news on my spatula, or edit a video with my toaster.

This shit should be beaten, severely, back whence it came.

At risk of sounding like “old man yelling at clouds” I feel more and more tech-phobic by the day, sure we have amazing things and quality of life improvements thanks to it but it feels like we are giving up too much of ourselves just for a little perceived convenience. I personally love doing things the “hard way” because for every layer of automation on your life you surrender one of control as well, the hardest part is knowing where to draw the line.