Cameras on the chair arms catch what the eye misses.

Did you notice a big jump in your electric bill after you put those in? I had the exact same problem with a couple of cheap wifi plugs I bought on a random Amazon sale. They were pulling almost 4 watts each just sitting there turned off. I swapped them out for some Kasa ones and those only use about 0.5 watts idle. It's a pain when stuff you buy to save energy actually costs you money.

That reminds me of the time my brother tried cleaning his cast iron skillet with a wire brush attachment on a drill. He thought he was being efficient but ended up with a pan that looked like a scratched up CD. Had to reseason that thing for a week straight before it was usable again.

Have you tried rotating who picks the book entirely? I was in a group that was always fighting about genre and we finally did a "choose your own adventure" month where each person got to pick the book for one month and everyone else had to go along with it. It worked great because people felt heard and it spread out the power (plus you knew your turn was coming, so you could be patient with someone else's weird pick). We also agreed no one could complain about the book until after we finished it, which cut down on the pre-reading arguments a lot. The drawing from a hat thing sounds awesome too, I might have to steal that for my next group because we're always stuck on the "too many choices" problem.

Three months ago I would've agreed with you but now I'm not so sure.