While the tech world obsesses about smart homes and living on another planet unemployment is sky-rocketing, the living standards of ordinary people are plummeting due to high rents and a significant percentage of the world's population will starve to death this year. Jeezus, the human race and its priorities. Most people I know will never own a home and are struggling to pay their rent so what is the significance of this holy grail, the smart home? The phrase "fiddling while Rome burns" comes to mind.