After reading the other front page article on a possible new Physics force... Ancient people thought everyday objects had powerful spirits in them or controlli

After reading the other front page article on a possible new Physics force... Ancient people thought everyday objects had powerful spirits in them or controlling them, subject to whims. Modern science showed almost everything is emergent complexity of very simple rules. Now, technologists are replacing the gods of old, creating powerful nigh invisible "spirits" that live inside everyday object: radios and batteries and computer chips with microscopic logic, the tiniest pebbles or shreds of fabric could be watching you and talking to you, controlled by an automated or remote maliciously force.