Robin Sloan:

I can’t think of an example, in the last decade or so, of compute and capability moving closer to the user, rather than farther away. In the data center, engineers have devised powerful, resilient systems … so your phone and laptop (and refrigerator?) run great as long as they can connect. A supercomputer in your pocket, a supersupercomputer on the banks of the Columbia River, and, tying them together: a thread.