Almad Almadovic

1077 days ago

Usual playbook: 1) citizens horrified after learning how casually Valley collects data, 2) doesn’t matter unless a billionaire steps in. Good observation about a client state though; I’ll use that

Death of a Smart City

onezero.medium.com

In October 2017, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke at a VIP-laden press event in Toronto to announce plans for a new neighborhood in the city to be built “from the internet up.” The big reveal was the builder: Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet, the parent company of Google.