Things I'm not buying

[Irwin]

SMART SPEAKERS

Have read what features smart speakers offer and criticisms. Even with smartphones, I as someone deep into computers during my electronics career using keyboards for decades have never liked the notion of using voice commands and view these appliances as toys for a new generation. Not because they are not functional but rather am content using computers as is.

I might get one if I ever become a quadriplegic and am unable to press a button or flip a switch, but until then, I'll continue to do things the old fashioned ways.

If the world keeps going as it is, pretty soon we're all going to be vegetables, unable to move anything but our mouths. And one day, we won't even need that. Sensors that detect brain activity will trigger our devices.