[hfsktr]

"By 2050, more than 66 percent of the world's population will be living in so-called "smart cities." These are metropolitan areas where everything will be digitally connected. ... we'll have smart hospitals, farms, and highways, and it's likely they'll all talk to one another. Connected devices will monitor everything from air quality to energy usage and traffic congestion."

While that might lead to efficiency that makes me feel it's more of a dystopia than a place I'd want to live.

To me says: there will be someone monitoring you to make sure you are a good little cog and don't disturb the status quo.

[eli_gottlieb]

>"By 2050, more than 66 percent of the world's population will be living in so-called "smart cities." These are metropolitan areas where everything will be digitally connected. ... we'll have smart hospitals, farms, and highways, and it's likely they'll all talk to one another. Connected devices will monitor everything from air quality to energy usage and traffic congestion."

This sounds silly. Where's the margin in all these devices and connections?

[andy_ppp]

Yes, what are poor people really for when we have full automation...

[paulryanrogers]

IIRC, this is explored in Soylent Green: furniture and food

[beaconstudios]

sounds like a Brave New World-type dystopia to me.