One of my favorite scenes in the works of Philip K. Dick has been highlighted in an article in Slate.com on February 10, 2015.
Philip K. Dick Warned Us About the Internet of Things in 1969
And while spidering through the links in the article from Slate.com, I found the origin posting of the text from Ubik.
Before we give doors and toasters sentience, we should decide what we’re comfortable with first