Right thats the point to some degree. The technology won't be mind reading perfection, some effort on the part of the user will still be required. Without an

Right thats the point to some degree. The technology won't be mind reading perfection, some effort on the part of the user will still be required. Without an affirmative user interaction, devices won't do anything be a ridiculous amount of pre-configured scripts which will become more cumbersome to manage than helpful. The article could have been about how in the future everyone will live in floating bubbles which will wireless control everything in the world, but that is simply extrapolating on the on a trend that humans will physically interact less. This analysis takes into account what might actually happen on the horizon and what technologies are likely to make that happen. It would be nice if the fridge had told the guy before he got home though.