I feel like much of this has come to pass, in ways we didn't imagine. You can buy a microprocessor more powerful than the Xerox Star for pennies now and they're

I feel like much of this has come to pass, in ways we didn't imagine. You can buy a microprocessor more powerful than the Xerox Star for pennies now and they're in everything. Some of them are Calm and unobtrusive, like my toothbrush reminds me to switch quadrants and brush for two minutes. All those "home assistant" speakers, lightbulbs, smart tv's and connected sous vide machines are kinda useful. Badges and phone numbers that follow your movements are here obviously. But pretty much nobody in 1991 (except for notable fiction authors) understood the societal impact and weaponization of ubiquitous computing for surveillance, population control, ad tech, and the personal information economy however.