0 sats \ 2 replies \ @xz 29 Dec 2023 \ on: The War on Informality bitcoin
It's hard to disagree.
I often hear reference to London's highest urban density of closed-circuit cameras but there are places I've lived with greater palpability of surveillance. Perhaps, the 'matey propaganda' at work to masquerade the Corporate Maoism.
The surveillance thing is a bit misunderstood, it's not government cameras but mostly private businesses and property installing them. The high numbers simply reflect high density of private property and business.
Of course with the move to IP cameras and cloud services, these increasingly become defacto centralized.
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I suppose where there's capital there are cameras.
Of course with the move to IP cameras and cloud services, these increasingly become defacto centralized.
I used to be able to navigate London from cash and my memory. After a long time I found that's no longer possible. Less centralized municipal systems used to work, like the author said, and you add, corporate and business is private interest but also defacto centralized. For a densely populated area undergoing civic transformation, Londoners were genuinely helpful, or genuinely not. I admired both.
I also heard it said somewhere, residents are like software, and the city is the hardware. In London, I feel hardware is becoming the problem to live life, not software.
For the first time I went to Borough Market, cash, simple, person to person. IMO, maintaining redundancy in municipalities builds character and is under-looked. Centralization is overlooked.
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