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Smart Cities: How Technocrats Use Government As Propaganda Machine
• technocracy.news by Keumars Afifi-SabetScepticism of smart technology and confusion around what 'smart city' means risks alienating the public and hampering progress, a parliamentary group has warned.
Beyond improving messaging and better-communicating the benefits around smart cities, central government must develop a coherent approach to deploying smart technologies across the UK, according to findings by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Smart Cities.
Titled Intelligent Leadership: how government strategy can unlock the potential of smart cities in the UK, the MPs' report also called for greater cooperation between businesses and local government, and for local authorities to adopt a 'thinking smart' mentality.