We need the Unix philosophy in the physical world. Our multitude of small devices themselves can stay "dumb", but it'd be a huge missed opportunity to totally

We need the Unix philosophy in the physical world. Our multitude of small devices themselves can stay "dumb", but it'd be a huge missed opportunity to totally cut them off from the software world. A robot turning knobs and pushing buttons as grandparent seems to suggest is a romantic vision that doesn't hold up well to the real world.