I love tech as much as the next person but I think the Internet of Things is just going too far. I've read tech news on a daily basis for years and years and I

I love tech as much as the next person but I think the Internet of Things is just going too far. I've read tech news on a daily basis for years and years and I find it all really interesting, to a point, and that point is coming. I don't like GPS, ebooks, smartphones or even video games, though I love a good Apple laptop and I love keeping up with the news. The fact that I even stopped learning my friend's phone numbers by heart was the tipping point. A seemingly small change, sure, but it reflects a wider tendency. We are slowly replacing our memory with computer memory. There have been articles, books and many comments on this effect but I get the feeling that 'new and shiny' is too attractive to most and I worry about there being no choice in the near future. I hope the losing side, in the end, is not the same side that, from the start, yearned for everything to be 'smart'.