Can Machine Intelligence solve Wicked Problems?

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well…

Bruegel’s Tower of Babel as a metaphor for the smart city and the internet of things.

Submitted as part of classwork for NYU CUSP — Urban ICT and City Operations, Fall 2014

The City as Product: Paul Romer’s Charter Cities

A vision of crime in the future

“I sincerely want to believe that technology can bring us the techno-utopia that we’ve been promised, but, you see, I’ve spent a career in law enforcement, and that’s informed my perspective on things. […] Every day we’re connecting more and more of our lives to the…

Autonomous Vehicles, Basic Income, and the Next Urban Revolution

The Political Reform of Mexico City and the ‘crowdsourcing’ of a new constitution

A Policy Window for NYC Transit

Policy windows are rare. Especially for transportation policy in New York City.

A Federal Role in Rethinking Cities

General Relationship between Municipal Size and Efficiency

Literature Review