Ben Green

Podcast #34: Ben Green on Smart Enough Cities

Data technology researcher and author Ben Green punctures the myth of the smart city.

By Mo Lotman | August 8, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Community, Culture, Government, Human Rights, Law, Podcasts, Policing, Politics, Prediction, Privacy, Safety, Security, Society, Transportation | Alphabet, Autonomous Vehicles, Bike Share, Boston, Branding, Cameras, Cities, City Services, Civic Engagement, Civic Pride, Complexity, Data Gathering, Data Monetization, Democracy, Dynamic Systems, Efficiency, Engineering, Google, License Plate Readers, Mixed-Use, Optimization, Predictive Policing, Public Policy, Public Space, Racism, Reductionism, Richness, Seattle, Sensors, Sidewalk Labs, Smart Cities, Smart Technology, Social Justice, Street Life, surveillance, Surveillance Oversight Ordinances, Tech Goggles, Traffic, Transportation, Urban Design

Convenience, Control, and Contempt: Uber (part two)

It long ago became an agreed upon standard of liberal capitalist democracy that a monopoly was a bad thing. This [...]

By David A. J. Reynolds | August 24, 2016 | Automation, Economics, Employment, Ethics, Law, Transportation | Branding, Consumer Culture, Convenience, Cult Branding, Douglas Rushkoff, Entitlement Consumption, Evgeny Morozov, Monopoly, Peter Thiel, Presentism, Ride Sharing, self-driving cars, Sharing Economy, Taxis, Travis Kalanick, Uber

Smartphone Uber

Convenience, Control, and Contempt: Uber (part one)

We all wish our communities to be supported by structures and customs whose value is matched by their continuity. Value [...]

By David A. J. Reynolds | July 27, 2016 | Automation, Economics, Employment, Ethics, Law, Transportation | Auto Loans, Branding, Convenience, Lyft, Monopoly, Ride Sharing, self-driving cars, Sharing Economy, Taxis, Travis Kalanick, Uber, XChange Leasing

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