From the Garden City to AI Civilization: Why Future Cities Keep Fascinating Me

From Garden Cities and eyes on the street to climate resilience and AI governance, this essay traces the urban ideas behind Neobabylon and explains why fiction became my first laboratory for testing the cities of another civilization.

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01Future Civilizations & CitiesFrom the Garden City to AI Civilization: Why Future Cities Keep Fascinating MeFrom Garden Cities and eyes on the street to climate resilience and AI governance, this essay traces the urban ideas behind Neobabylon and explains why fiction became my first laboratory for testing the cities of another civilization.Jul 21, 202610 min read 02AI & Human ValueWhy Might Young People Be More Resistant to AI Than We Are?Adults meet AI as leverage. Some young people meet it before defining their own abilities. A father's observation opens questions about agency, education, responsibility and the human work of creating meaning.Jul 21, 20266 min read

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01AI & Human ValueReconsidering human choice, responsibility and dignity as machine capability expands.1

02Next Generation & EducationThinking about learning, growth and AI literacy from the perspective of young people.—

03Future Civilizations & CitiesHow technology reshapes cities, institutions and the ways we imagine living together.1

04Technology, Venture & SocietyReading social change through the realities of products, ventures and markets.—

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Rethinking the human place in an age accelerated by AI.

From the Garden City to AI Civilization: Why Future Cities Keep Fascinating Me