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

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Q&A with David Sax, Author of The Revenge of Analog

Our own Art Keller chats with author David Sax about the themes in his book The Revenge of Analog.

By Art Keller | July 25, 2018 | Culture, Journalism, Media, Psychology, Publishing, Society, Well-Being | Advertising, Analog, Board Games, Books, Cameras, CDs, Choice, David Sax, Digital Technology, eBooks, Education, Embodiment, Film, Food Service, Gaming Culture, iPads, Magazines, Newspapers, Physicality, Presence, Print Media, Records, Smartphones, Social Disconnection, Tangible, The Paradox of Choice, Third Space, vinyl, Virtual Reality

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