Bruce Willis was right with his universally valid saying: ‘I'm too old for this shit!’

I'm not prepared to get used to the idea that not only do I not realise whether I'm talking to a person or a machine, but that I shouldn't even care. No. I'd rather become the infamous crotchety old woman who is indulgently ridiculed by the rest of oh-so-modern humanity.... Until one day they come round and ask me why they're doing so badly.

Seriously: these are the kind of visions that give science fiction literature that cosy shiver of the strange and unreal. In real life, I prefer a return to more organic ways of life. My prediction would be that we will have no other choice in the near future.