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	Podcast:		The Conditional Release Program
	Episode:		Episode 115 - Smart Cities Pt. 1
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		01:12:31
	Publish Date:		2022-12-09 22:38:37
	Description:		The level of fear and loathing around smart cities in cooker circles is next level. Why? Because their imaginations are a wasteland of violent fantasies and these people are just walking necks looking for a boot. So they make one up. Most of the discourse around smart cities is bullshit. In this episode we look at what a smart city actually is, what we should be worried about and what we absolutely should not be worried about. Concerns: Police overreach. Privacy. Private companies integrating into government. Not a concern: The term Internet of Things. Councils using universities to harvest opinions on social media to improve services. The improvement of services in general. This was a bit of a long one - would have been 5 hours if I were given the chance, this topic is huge. Supplementary episode coming with a few case examples of cookers using smart city projects to drum up fear, install a new 'climate lockdown' narrative and bizarrely (I don't know why I'm surprised anymore) turn cookers into holocaust deniers. Enjoy!
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