#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? … .”