Disappearing control rooms and process safety

I read an interesting article about the future of control rooms which basically says that in the future, there will not be any central control rooms in chemical plants, but operators moving about using wireless devices to communicate with the control system. While I appreciate that technology must be used for the benefit of mankind, I wonder whether we are opening new frontiers in process safety. As technology envelops us, I feel that the technology swamped human being is beginning to loose his trouble shooting and thinking capabilities. The future process safety issue will be fighting against the syndrome "I rather believe an instrument than use my brain!".
Read the article in this link