Recently a few people have asked me, Whats the next big thing? I wasnt sure if they really wanted to know since it sounds super creepy from a certain angle. Plus I have been jumping up and down about this for nearly 8 years, although I first heard of it at least 12 years ago, so it doesnt seem totally new to me. Weve all heard of The Singularity if only from watching The Terminator series of movies. So were naturally going to be nervous about devices that are smarter than we are. While I appreciate people taking the time to write about the creepiness factor, I encourage you to set that aside in order to understand the impact of whats coming. One reason that it has been easy to miss the emergence of the Internet of Things, and therefore miss its significance, is that much of what is presented to the public as its avatars seems superfluous and beside the point. An alarm clock that emits the scent of bacon, a glow ball that signals if it is too windy to go out sailing, and an egg minder that tells you how many eggs are in your refrigerator no matter where you are in the (Internet-connected) world, revolutionary as they may be, hardly seem the stuff of revolutions; because they are novelties, they obscure what is novel about them. I dont know how many of my friends other than Chad Smith get excited about this, but I know I do. If you think you might, check out this article and consider the books cited.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:41:39 +0000
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