From the age of GoT to IoT: Staying human, staying relevant

Exaggerating just a fair bit, 90% of the world’s connected population are more in tune with the Game of Thrones (GoT) series than they are with the subject of the 'Internet of Things (IoT)'.
I did a dipstick survey and out of 10 people I spoke to, eight could name more characters in GoT than examples of IoT. Funny given that we are major active and passive participants and contributors in the age of IoT everyday, and that we have supposedly evolved from the medieval to the digital age alre