42 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 5 Feb \ parent \ on: Edmonton Lays Out Plan For ''15 Minutes Cities'' news
Some nations already have digital IDs.
From the gov of canada website.
"Digital credentials offer Canadians the ability to confirm their identity during service transactions. Government is looking to leverage new technology to meet this need, while ensuring that trust is maintained and privacy is protected when interacting with government in Canada...
The federal government is in the planning stages of a digital credential eco-system and intends to hold consultations to make sure any systems or platforms are developed with individuals and businesses in mind, and security and privacy at the forefront of the design."
I mean sure it's currently a "conspiracy theory" but I don't think the potential digital ID, CBDC, social/carbon credit scoring integration is a "Sandy Hook was fake" level conspiracy theory more along the lines of the covid 19 came from a lab level conspiracy theory.
I don't know if the people behind 15 minute cities are well intentioned or not but I think it is highly reasonable for people to be skeptical of any effort to redesign people's way of life.
It’s my understanding it was Carlos Moreno who coined the term 15-minute cities in 2015 but it came to prominence in 2020 during the Paris Mayoral elections. The concept itself is quite novel and I have lived in places in Europe that have inadvertantly employed it (by historical road layout or physical geography) the problem was always going to be applying the ‘redesign’ element to existing towns and cities. Its promotion/adoption by the WEF makes it a concern beyond the original concept.
A regional medieval town in the UK with good cycling infrastructure wanting to improve bus times and encourage cars onto a ring road seems quite reasonable… but the vitriol it produced at Council planning meetings was very unpleasant and leads to any reasoned opposition from concerned groups being dismissed as rantings of conspiracy theory nutters.
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it all always sounds good: shorter distances more bicycles more scooters more e-bikes until you realize that this is another gateway for politics, which will ultimately implement a new instrument of control. that's my point. by the way: when i have looked at urban planning in germany in recent years, it has been a disaster. centrally planned models without the massive corrective influence of the free movement of capital the free establishment of companies retailers other trades, always ends in ugly architecture lack of aesthetics low standard of living
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I don't know if the people behind 15 minute cities are well intentioned or not but I think it is highly reasonable for people to be skeptical of any effort to redesign people's way of life.
i think there is good reason to believe people’s current way of life is broken and should be re-designed.
it’s quite common for people to commute an hour in the morning and an hour at night, seems like a total waste of life.
why not design cities in such a way that everyone can live near their work and get the freedom of an extra 10 hours of their life each week?
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please, this is a very important point: new order always emerges from chaos. but the question is how it emerges. it should not be planned centrally again. People, smaller units, subsidiary institutions and networks create their own order even without a command economy. that would give the state full power again.
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sure, i agree that 15 minute cities don’t have to be centrally planned. i even agree that cities without central planning can be more robust and vibrant.
but i still don’t see how it’s possible to defend the current situation of commuting 10 hours a week to and from work in a city.