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The Algorithm That Plans Your City's Next Century

Richard MacGeorge

Richard MacGeorge

14 Feb 2026
The Algorithm That Plans Your City's Next Century
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Deep reinforcement learning can now balance cost, performance, and sustainability in real-time infrastructure decisions. What happens when algorithms optimize our cities better than humans can?

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Every Smart City Is a Surveillance City: The Infrastructure Paradox

Every Smart City Is a Surveillance City: The Infrastructure Paradox

Digital infrastructure has no neutral setting—every network designed for convenience becomes a tool for control. The question isn't whether surveillance will happen, but who controls it and for what purpose. Read the original article

14 Feb 2026
The $1 Trillion Question: Earth vs. Orbital Solar Arrays

The $1 Trillion Question: Earth vs. Orbital Solar Arrays

Orbiting solar arrays could deliver 24/7 clean energy without weather disruption or seasonal variation - but at what cost to the massive terrestrial renewable infrastructure investments we're making today? Read the original article

14 Feb 2026
The Hidden Water Crisis Behind Hydrogen's Clean Promise

The Hidden Water Crisis Behind Hydrogen's Clean Promise

Green hydrogen needs massive water supplies, but semi-arid regions pursuing clean energy face a brutal choice: feed the hydrogen economy or preserve scarce water for human needs over the next 50 years. Read the original article

14 Feb 2026
Who Controls the Infrastructure of Space Colonization?

Who Controls the Infrastructure of Space Colonization?

NASA's $24.5M contract signals the shift from government space programs to commercial space infrastructure. Today's vendor relationships become tomorrow's gatekeepers to lunar and Mars colonies. Read the original article

14 Feb 2026
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