{"id":1844,"date":"2022-07-03T21:21:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T20:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/2022\/07\/03\/another-one-from-mit-tech-review-toronto-wants-to-kill-the-smart-city-forever\/"},"modified":"2022-07-03T21:21:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T20:21:06","slug":"another-one-from-mit-tech-review-toronto-wants-to-kill-the-smart-city-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/2022\/07\/03\/another-one-from-mit-tech-review-toronto-wants-to-kill-the-smart-city-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Another one from MIT tech review: \u201cToronto wants to kill the smart city forever\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2022\/06\/29\/1054005\/toronto-kill-the-smart-city\/\">smart city, die! &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_1087.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering of Waterfront Toronto project\" class=\"wp-image-1843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_1087.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_1087-383x700.jpg 383w, https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_1087-82x150.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_1087-768x1405.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Had it succeeded, Quayside could have been a proof of concept, establishing a new development model for cities everywhere. It could have demonstrated that the sensor-\u00adladen smart city model embraced in China and the Persian Gulf has a place in more democratic societies. Instead, Sidewalk Labs\u2019 two-and-a-half-year struggle to build a neighborhood \u201cfrom the internet up\u201d failed to make the case for why anyone might want to live in it. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>By May 2020, Sidewalk had pulled the plug, citing \u201cthe unprecedented economic uncertainty brought on by the covid-19 pandemic.\u201d But that economic uncertainty came at the tail end of years of public controversy over its $900 million vision for a data-rich city within the city.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die smart city, die! &gt;&gt; Had it succeeded, Quayside could have been a proof of concept, establishing a new development model for cities everywhere. 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