Dublin was built for horses and carriages and no matter how much data we could collect about traffic patterns, it would always be a nightmare on the quays
I read recently about a city that was smart. The traffic lights and transportation schedules were timed using data drawn from traffic patterns, weather, and predictive data using mobile tracking and transport card swipes. The street lamps along the p
By ‘read recently’, I mean that I helped write marketing copy for an infrastructure giant whose plans to network everything they can, from the bedrock to the sky, look equal parts exciting, efficient wonderland and terrifying robot dystopia. I advised the client not to use his chosen Machiavelli quotations to support his arguments, but I lost, and his Power Point went out using words from a guy who also inspired Mussolini.
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