KEEP YOURSELF safe&sound
Self-preservation is a universal core instinct of every living organism on the planet, from the top of the intellectual tree down to singlecelled bacteria. If you’re building yourself a smart home, that’s something you should absolutely have in mind. A smart home which doesn’t have the sense to understand when there’s something wrong with your living space – is, at least within this somewhat strained analogy, dumber than an amoeba.
Such sensing doesn’t even have to be an extra – it could be the core feature of your smart home. You can completely sidestep things like smart assistants or fancy lighting if they’re not your sort of thing, and just use the ever-growing litany of tools
