Smart Cities

Smart Cities, Technocracy June 13, 2018

A New Rationalistic Technocracy Is Emerging Shaped By Powerful Market Forces

As traditional political power weakens, market forces like Big Tech and FinTech are emerging as the new centers of power and evidences of this are everywhere. Academia is describing and embracing these trends and openly talking about Technocracy. Technocracy is an economic system driven by market forces whereas Democracy and socialism are political systems.

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4th Industrial Revolution, Smart Cities June 5, 2018

‘Smart Pavement’ Gives New Meaning To ‘Information Superhighway’

Smart City technology has found a way to incorporate blanket sensors into road pavement to provide continuous 'services' and connections to your autonomous and traditional automobile. Commercial companies will deliver Internet-based content to passengers while government entities will track and monitor every movement and behavior.

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Smart Cities, Sustainable Development May 17, 2018

Siemens: Los Angeles Must Transform Energy, Transit Systems To Hit Sustainability Goals

Siemens is a main driver and global leader in Smart City technology. So, Siemens tells Los Angeles what its problems are (energy, transit) and then proceeds to sell solutions that will 'fix' the problems, 'helping' the city meet its United Nations-imposed Sustainable Development goals.

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Internet of Things, Smart Cities May 2, 2018

The Security Risks Of Using 5G To Drive Smart Cities And IoT

Cellular carriers are racing at breakneck speed to implement 5G because it will unlock trillions of dollars in new data while driving smart cities and enabling the Internet of Things. Security is an afterthought, but experts note that the potential for breaches will expand exponentially. The failure of massive IoT systems could throw society into chaos.

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Smart Cities May 2, 2018

Smart Dubai Launches Global Network To Connect Smart Cities

The Smart City concept has never been about just a single city, but rather a global network of smart cities that interoperate with each other. Ultimately, this will require massive AI programs to model the entire planet for the sake of command and control. This is the nature of Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy.

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Smart Cities, Technocracy March 30, 2018

Shocking Computing Advances Are Pushing Smart Cities Into Reality

Computer processing capacity is about to overtake data storage capacity. This is the point of inflection that I have warned about for several years, and it promises a very dangerous and unpredictable near-term future. Most people will not know what hit them, being unable to understand the implications of it.

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Smart Cities March 29, 2018

Case Study: ‘Smart City’ Pitched For Arkansas

Here it starts with one guy saying, "Nobody has done that yet. So that's the vision". Next come the cascade of false assumptions whereby it is claimed that only more technology can solve a multitude of problems. This top-down approach to city building has always failed because people will not be managed in the way envisioned.

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Smart Cities March 16, 2018

5G Rollout Will Unlock Smart Cities, Internet Of Everything

Urban planners intend to hardwire 5G into the fabric of smart cities in order to achieve maximum efficiency, environmental sustainability and cost savings. Sensors everywhere will collect real-time data on everything that moves or functions, providing real-time modeling with artificial intelligent algorithms.

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