The Domestication of City Dwellers
The Domestication of City Dwellers Because It’s People’s Freedom of Movement That’s the Problem Heather Heying “A fifteen minute city is one where everything we need is close to home, where communities are safe and inclusive, where the air is clean….A fifteen minute city is one where everyone has a place.” So explains one video on the “ C40 Cities ” YouTube channel. Fifteen minute cities are intended to reduce sprawl and traffic, facilitate social interactions with your neighbors, and give you your time back 1 . If it took fifteen minutes or less to get to all the places that you need and want to go, imagine how much more possibility there could be in life. You might well wonder how such remarkable results will be achieved. The answer is: through restricting automobile travel between neighborhoods, fining people who break the new travel restrictions, and keeping a tech-eye wide open, with surveillance cameras everywhere. Welcome to panopticon ! Have a look around 2 … Don’t worry, th