The Internet of Things

David Orban's argument, so far as I can understand, is to wait for the Internet of Things to make itself redundant by making the human irrelevant, eventually forming "their own independent social networks" (see article), which will in time free us to once again be human. But this begs the question: is there no hope in the meantime? Are we really resigned to being in limbo for the foreseeable future?

I'm not sure I like this laissez-faire attitude toward technological development. Remember, we are the masters of our technology... or at least we should be. Let's assert some control over their development.