Technology - Super Cities

Super Cities №261—20 Reasons Why 2019 Was a Great Year

As we start the next decade, the world is improving in big, important ways. This is truest in parts of the world that need it most.

History

Super Cities №213—DoD's $15 Billion Silicon Valley Exit

Silicon Valley sits atop a foundation financed by the American military.

Business

Super Cities №203—Siemens $83 Billion Bet on Cities

Why, after so long and so much success, would Siemens transform its business? The answer is, in one word, cities.

Geopolitics

Super Cities №183—The Security-Prosperity Reckoning

If it ever existed in the minds of the layperson, the white space between national security and economic prosperity is gone. They are now two parts of one whole.

Cybersecurity

Super Cities №144 — Big Hacks and Apple’s “Endless Race”

"We know that security is an endless race"

Leadership

Super Cities №110 - Leaders and Founders, Opinions and Data

When presented with new and better information — data — the great leader will eagerly and enthusiastically change her once-strongly held opinion.

Technology

Super Cities №105 — Always-on City Survellance

If you are one of the more than 3.5 billion people living in a city, your cell phones, camera feeds, applications, and credit card transactions are part of real-time security networks.

Technology

Super Cities №107 - The One Thing That Will Make or Break Cities of the Future

In 2018, technology is eating manual labor. This tectonic shift — from manual labor to automation through technology — is most acute in cities, from Pittsburgh to Shanghai.

Amazon

Super Cities №87 — The Mighty Incumbent’s Second Wind

Across the board, Amazon is a singularly dominant company.

Technology

Super Cities №75—The Dangerous Future Of #FakeNews

Fake news is a social media term used to discredit journalists and journalism. Disinformation is a more dangerous beast.

Cities

Super Cities №73 — Why Cities Are The New Nation-States

Nation-states defined the 20th century. Cities will define the 21st century.

Amazon

Super Cities №47 — Amazon, the City Company

From food delivery via drone to last-mile logistics, Amazon may very well impact city living more than any other major company.

Amazon

Super Cities №26 — The Monopoly in Plain Sight

AWS — a vertical Amazon developed to handle internal surge demand on computing power — quarterly revenue last quarter was $4.5 billion.

Education

Super Cities №24 — Ban Technology to Become Smarter

If you’ve ever taught a class — or tried to have a spontaneous human moment with someone eyes-deep on their phone — you know that it is nearly impossible to break the Facebook-Twitter-Instagram time and focus monopoly.

China

Super Cities №5 — China and Global Manufacturing

Advanced manufacturing is not yet at scale — Nike cannot produce an adequate number of sneakers with on-site 3-d printers — but interesting production trends are starting to emerge within the global startup community.