IOTA Swarm Behavior Controller and Economic Clustering

is that what a parallel machine economy in the context of IoT implies? i recall an year ago or so a looooong thread of IOTA bashing circle jerk here:) which did make sense at the time, of course & was packed with valuable information and references.

but an year has gone by since. and a lot of other things have come to light... would love to hear any non-plebbit "bitcoin maximalist" (or even "cryptocurrency") input/commentary (which is why i thought of sharing this here, i guess).