The Smartness Mandate

Smart phones. Smart cars. Smart homes. Smart cities. The imperative to make our world ever smarter in the face of increasingly complex challenges raises several questions: What is this "smartness mandate"? How has it emerged, and what does it say about our evolving way of understanding-and managing-reality? How have we come to see the planet and its denizens first and foremost as data-collecting instruments?
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