The theme of this article. based on Smart Cities, wreaks of Technocracy: "Technology makes it cool, but data is what makes it smart." Citizens of the cities are dehumanized and made into mere objects of being cool and smart.
More writers and analysts are writing about Technocracy and Technocrats, and it is a welcome trend, indeed. The author of this article makes significants points about the road ahead with President-Elect Trump.
There is nothing to say except that you must read this document for yourself. After all, it will be the new 'controlling' document for life in cities, towns and hamlets for decades to come. The UN is dead serious about this, and they have the weight of the world behind them.
Silicon Valley is chock full of Technocrats who worship science and technology as they eschew legitimate political discourse. After all, the scientific engineering of society is best left to them only. Individual citizens are viewed as pesky obstacles.
The UN's New Urban Agenda wants cities and towns to convert to bicycles and public transit. India is leading the way.
Kerry spends his last days in office immersed in climate change activities, including a trip to the South Pole and pivoting to Morocco to give a major speech.
In light of global resistance, the UN is pulling out all the stops on implementing its 2030 Agenda and 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The UN wants to control all oceans and everything in them and UNCLOS is the nefarious treaty that will accomplish it. This is part of Technocracy's pursuit of all resources on the planet: land, water and air.
Future employment looks bleak, thanks to apolitical Technocrats who create and frame this technology to society. We urgently need to have a national dialogue on this to preserve human jobs or else we will be forced to accept a universal basic income, which would guarantee government dependence.
On the very day that President Trump was elected, the UN declared a fast track strategy for the implementation of the sweeping 2030 Agenda.