What makes the IoT a disruptive technology in the way we organize economic life is that it helps humanity reintegrate itself into the complex choreography of the biosphere, and by doing so, dramatically increases productivity without compromising the ecological relationships that govern the planet.
Interpretation
The IoT enhances productivity while fostering a balance with the environment.
This quote by Jeremy Rifkin emphasizes the transformative impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on our economic structures. It suggests that the IoT not only aids in boosting productivity but also allows humanity to reconnect with the ecosystems we inhabit, promoting a more sustainable relationship with the planet's ecological systems.
In practice
During a technology conference, one might quote this to highlight the benefits of IoT in modern industry.
It seems disingenuous for the intellectual elite of the first world to dwell on the subject of too many babies being born in the second- and third-world nations while virtually ignoring the over-population of cattle and the realities of a food chain that robs the poor of sustenance to feed the rich a steady diet of grain-fed meat.
t century, hundreds of millions - and eventually billions - of human beings will transform their buildings into power plants to harvest renewable energies on site, store those energies in the form of hydrogen and share electricity, peer-to-peer, across local, regional, national and continental inter-grids that act much like the Internet.
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