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5/ As I said, with the addition of the digital layer, cities need to consider two new dimensions. But most of the focus has gone to only one of these: the physical-digital one.

This is basically the IBM-pushed “smart city” idea: digital twins, data collection through sensors, data-driven decision making, etc.

I'm not against this idea. But you can't base a whole city on the concept of 'efficiency'. Google got kicked out of Toronto when they tried that (article linked).

https://www. technologyreview.com/2022/06/2 9/1054005/toronto-kill-the-smart-city/

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5/ As I said, with the addition of the digital layer, cities need to consider two new dimensions. But most of the focus has gone to only one of these: the physical-digital one.

This is basically the IBM-pushed “smart city” idea: digital twins, data collection through sensors, data-driven decision making, etc.

I'm not against this idea. But you can't base a whole city on the concept of 'efficiency'. Google got kicked out of Toronto when they tried that (article linked).

https://www. technologyreview.com/2022/06/2 9/1054005/toronto-kill-the-smart-city/