The truth about smart cities: ‘In the end, they will destroy democracy’

#smartcities: ‘the wrong idea pitched in the wrong way to the wrong people’. @guardiancities

The Guardian: “The truth about smart cities: ‘In the end, they will destroy democracy’
The smart city is, to many urban thinkers, just a buzzphrase that has outlived its usefulness: ‘the wrong idea pitched in the wrong way to the wrong people’. So why did that happen – and what’s coming in its place? … .”

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/dec/17/truth-smart-city-destroy-democracy-urban-thinkers-buzzphrase