I really don't get this piece. Improving machine connectivity and improving human communication are interrelated but mostly exclusive concepts. Of course there

I really don't get this piece. Improving machine connectivity and improving human communication are interrelated but mostly exclusive concepts. Of course there are major issues with the "improvements" to human communication (Facebook) notwithstanding actual improvements like Wikipedia. But that has little to do improvements made to machine connectivity. The power of APIs to automate away the tedium of actually applying human-decided policy is barely realized. Too many services do not expose APIs; too much necessary tooling (monetization, security, documentation, publication, monitoring) is either proprietary, non-standard, poorly publicized, or too complex to easily apply. Too few regulators and legislators appreciate the potential to kickstart adoption by mandating adoption and standards publication in government services. Too few citizens are adequately educated in ways to take advantage of the relatively few APIs which are available. The hardware race may be on its last legs, but claiming that we've exhausted what is possible with APIs is flat-out laughable and ridiculous.