An Inconvenient Truth about Smart Cities
Ancient Greeks famously started new cities with a... city square, and built around it. This is because public matters were most important to them and focusing on private matters was the definition of egoism and a bad citizen.<p>Whenever I hear about another smart city project, it seems to be done for show. There are pictures of architecture, vegetation, various mechanical systems or circuits. As if people living there didn&#x27;t matter. Everyone will fit in and it will be great because concrete will do the thinking for you.