
The city of the future
07/08/24 • 37 min
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What will the city of the future be like?
To explore the future of our cities, we’re joined once more by Luis Bettencourt, Professor at the University of Chicago and External Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, as he explains how urban areas will need to evolve in terms of infrastructure and sustainability to match pace with growing populations around the world.
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- Sean Brady on Twitter
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- Brady Heywood website
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.
What will the city of the future be like?
To explore the future of our cities, we’re joined once more by Luis Bettencourt, Professor at the University of Chicago and External Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, as he explains how urban areas will need to evolve in terms of infrastructure and sustainability to match pace with growing populations around the world.
Connect:
- Simplifying Complexity on Twitter
- Sean Brady on Twitter
- Sean Brady on LinkedIn
- Brady Heywood website
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.
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Governing the power grid
In today’s episode, we’re once again joined by Seth Blumsack, Professor of Energy Policy and Economics and International Affairs in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, to talk about the power grid.
In the past, we’ve spoken to Seth about the history of the power grid and how the power grid fails. In today’s conversation, we discuss how it is governed.
Connect:
- Simplifying Complexity on Twitter
- Sean Brady on Twitter
- Sean Brady on LinkedIn
- Brady Heywood website
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.
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- Simplifying Complexity on Twitter
- Sean Brady on Twitter
- Sean Brady on LinkedIn
- Brady Heywood website
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.
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