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The ambition of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 11 is to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. To achieve this, cities are seeking to implement a range of smart technologies that can help them face down a crisis like COVID-19 and improve overall efficiency and quality of life.
These 26 cities include Belfast, Leeds and London in the UK; Barcelona and Bilbao in Spain; Toronto in Canada; Moscow, Russia; Melbourne and Newcastle in Australia; Milan, Italy; Apeldoorn in the Netherlands; and Bengaluru, Faridabad and Hyderabad in India.
While the zones would at first operate under the authority of the county in which they are located, the legislation describes how tech companies could use Innovation Zones to form their own separate government that would act as the equivalent to a county authority. These zones would have the ability to impose taxes, form school districts and local court systems, and provide government services. The zone would have a board of supervisors with the same powers as a board of county commissioners.
originally posted by: nugget1
The USA isn't on the list??? Who's sleeping at the wheel?
the legislation describes how tech companies could use Innovation Zones to form their own separate government that would act as the equivalent to a county authority
originally posted by: BrokenCircles
It seems inevitable that the smarter the city gets = the dumber the people.
Basically removing the need for people to think for themselves. It's so much easier to let the technology think for them. Also, as the technology grows, people will become even more willing to accept it.
eta: Instead of calling it a Smartcity, they should just call it a Sheepfarm.
originally posted by: Sander1976
These smartcities sounds like the prison camps for the future.
originally posted by: Sander1976
Your not allowed to leave or enter at free will depending on your social credit score.
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
originally posted by: BrokenCircles
It seems inevitable that the smarter the city gets = the dumber the people.
originally posted by: Silcone Synapse
a reply to: Sander1976
Geuss where all our beloved big tech overlords tested out their idea for "smart cities"-
Xinjiang,China.
The province where the oppressed muslim minority were used as guiniea pigs for the social credit sysytem/open air concentration camp.
Plus the real conspiracy about 5G is not the nonsense they spread about 5g causing covid..
It is that 5G was developed with smart cites in mind.
It is the technology which enables the all encompassing micro surveillance systems to exist.
What a surprise that the WEF are obsessed by the idea of smart cities for everyone in the formally free world.
They are as much an enemy of humanity as the CCCP.
Hopefully that's accurate and will be like that globally
originally posted by: schuyler
Apparently this project is not going so well. The article in the link is about Toronto's Quayside: theconversation.com...
originally posted by: surfer_soul
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: nugget1
The USA isn't on the list??? Who's sleeping at the wheel?
They said smart cities.
You’re an arrogant POS these days, when exactly did you lose your faith and sell your soul?