I don’t own a single smart home device — am I a dinosaur?

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I obviously own some smart devices. I have a smartphone, which is somewhat important in this job and generally handy in life. I also have a smart TV — you’d probably have to go far out of your way to find any other kind of TV. But that’s it. Other than the TV, I don’t own any smart home devices. I don’t feel they’re necessary in my life.

Before you take to the comments section, I’m not preaching to you. Many people love their smart home gear, especially my colleagues. And I’m happy to admit that a lot of it is kinda cool. If you’d told 11-year-old me that I could unlock my door with my fingerprint and then tell the lights to come on, it would have blown my mind. Some smart home devices are also genuinely useful in the right circumstances. But everything is a balance, and the marginal gains I could personally get from a smart home don’t compel me to join the revolution just yet.




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