Smart Money is on Smart Homes

Ottawa, Feb. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The smart home market size was estimated at USD 80.45 billion in 2022. Growing customer need for simplicity and a tailored experience, rising consumer awareness of safety and security, and expanding use of cloud-based technologies are key market drivers.

Key highlights

The home healthcare segment is growing at the highest CAGR of over 31% during the forecast period.

The wired protocols segment is growing at a CAGR of over 26%.

The Asia Pacific region is poised to grow at a CAGR of over 31% over the forecast period from 2022 to 2030.

The Europe smart home industry is growing at a CAGR of around 24% over the forecast period from 2022 to 2030.

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The problem might not be the rain

I have a friend who's in a difficult space, and I'm not sure how to help. This makes my heart heavy.

Imagine the following situation:

Friend: I'm sitting in the rain and I'm getting all wet and it's kind of awful!

Me: Aren't you near a covered patio?

Friend: Yes, but it feels too far away and I don't want to go there.

Me: I sent you an umbrella through Amazon. Did you get it?

Friend: A man came and delivered a box and maybe that's it so I think so, yes, but I can't think about that because it's raining harder and I feel awful and now it's cold, too. Can I come to your place?

Me: No, I'm not available now.  Open the box and open the umbrella.

Friend: Wait, what? That sounds like a lot of instructions and the problem is that I'm wet and cold. Can you come pick me up?

Me: No, I can't. Open the box.

Friend: . . . 

Me: . . ? 

Friend: Never mind the rain stopped and everything's good, there are birds and I look hilarious because I'm drying out now.

We have had  this conversation a number of times, and I'm starting to think the problem isn't the rain.

Reading Log: Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey

I adore Haruki Murakami's "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey." Always a sucker for good magical realism, this is fun and humanizing and holds a mirror to our definitions of Civilization while also playing tricks, leaving us wondering if the narrator is unreliable, if the monkey is real, what identity is, and how we possess who we are.