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As in venture capital, a trial-and-error approach can help gradually gain trust for big ideas. Yet precisely because of their proximity to residents, cities can be even more innovative and risk-taking when it comes to working with people, including through venture civics — a process that involves providing start-up capital to incubate and invest in promising ideas that foster civic engagement and democratic participation.
What Cities Can Learn From Venture Capital
bloomberg.com
Google conquered the advertising world with nothing more than applied mathematics. It didn't pretend to know anything about the culture and conventions of advertising — it just assumed that better data, with better analytical tools, would win the day. And Google was right.
The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete
wired.com
Amsterdam, for example, is considering a ban on wifi tracking and adopting an approach of collecting the least data possible for a given purpose, while requiring that privacy standards be baked into the design of technology implemented in public space.
Smart Cities or Surveillance Cities?
planning.org
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