Since the 1970s, I have said that the "New International Economic Order" was nothing less than a massive resource grab to suck everything into the hands of a narrow group of oligarchs. This was later revealed as "Sustainable Development", aka Technocracy. How else could the WEF say, "You will own nothing and be happy"? Well, somebody has to own everything!
Creating digital twins of urban centers is headed toward a major convergence with the metaverse where "players" will be able to insert their avatars into a hologram depiction of a city of their choice. This will also provide dual surveillance pointing out the location of your physical body vs. the location of your avatar. Ready Player One.
Technocracy's 2020 pandemic coup has exploded the use of fintech apps in Europe by 72 percent, while the adoption and use of cryptocurrencies has risen exponentially. Designed by humans, if all AI can do is speed response time and deliver more "efficiency", then societal and policy errors will be accelerated by orders of magnitude.