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UnHerd with Freddie Sayers
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

Matthew Crawford: The truth about 'Smart Cities'

Nov 19, 2025 · 39:31
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  • Matthew Crawford discusses the 'Smart City' vision where urban life is optimized by data and human unpredictability is treated as a 'bug' to be fixed
  • Discussion of the spiritual and practical costs of 'frictionless' existence as tech giants govern like nation-states and subscriptions replace ownership
  • Examples of defiance—skateboarders and ULEZ camera destruction—illustrate the fight to reclaim the 'unruly felicities' of a life truly worth living

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