what_is_a_smart.rst

What is a Smart *?

What is a Smart Home?

1. A smart home is a home that stops being inanimate and becomes a living part of your family.
2. A smart home realizes its not that smart.
3. A smart home acts more like a pet dog, less like a butler.
4. A smart home tries to take care of itself.
5. A smart home is happy when you are around, curious, suspicious, or alarmed when someone it doesn't know is around and you are not there.
6. A smart home lets you know what it wants or if its not feeling very good.
7. A smart home is trainable by you -- directly or indirectly by observing you.
8. A smart home is in your home, not in a cloud. A cloud home is a hivemind home.
9. A smart home is social and wants to know its neighbors.
10. A smart home develops a personality.
11. A smart home wants to grow like a tree grows -- it starts small and fragile and becomes more resilient and nurturing over time. It also wants to be part of a diverse forest of similar devices.

What is a Smart Phone?

1. A smart phone is an interface to your networks, physical or digital.
2. A smart phone is an extension of your agency. It is a cyborg attachment.
3. A smart phone is your personal secretary.
4. A smart phone is a sensory organ -- it accentuates your senses -- allowing you to perceive aspects of your physical and chronological environment that your wetware is incapable of tracking.
5. A smart phone is in your possession, not in a cloud. A cloud phone is a hivemind phone.