Do we live in a simulation? Has software eaten the world? Is our physical reality the world, or is it just a trivial epiphenomenon of our computer systems? Are our lives lived through our bodies in homes and offices and schools and parties and outdoors, or through avatars on social media websites?

This is an amusing article reprinted from Bloomberg on the fate of a juicing (Juicero) technology start-up that discovered that people could accomplish the same result by using their hands instead of a $400 hardware contraption. The tale should bring us back to the cautionary consideration of what really makes us human, and whether technology enables that or merely gets in the way. (This is one of the primary themes of The Ultimate Killer App: The Power to Create and Connect.)

Juice Machines and Red Flags