If the Net becomes the center of the universe, which is what seems to be happening, then the dizzying array of machines that will be plugged into it will virtually guarantee that the specifics of which chip and which operating system you've got will be irrelevant.
One has to look out for engineers - they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb.
We're dumber and less cognitively nimble if we're not around other people - and, now, other machines.
Our bodies are finely tuned machines, and if our hormone mixtures aren't 'just right', everything goes into disrepair.