In this episode, Matthew speaks with Dr Anthony M. Townsend. 

Anthony works at the intersection of urbanisation and digital technology. He is the author of two books: Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car (June 2020) and Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the Quest for A New Utopia (2013) and the founder of Star City Group. We discuss the following:

• Surveillance and the silent bargain we have made in relation to COVID19
• Data governance  & its fluidity
• The future of driverless vehicles and automated mobility
• The current state of autonomous vehicles
• The deflationary impact of autonomous tech 
• Micro mobility
• Automation security and much more...

Anthonys Books:

Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car

Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia

Recommended Resources

Link to the Author Notes for Ghost Road - Essential reading for a deeper dive with Anthony

Anthony Townsend Presenting at Seattle Town Hall

Discussed Articles

Drone Delivery, Isle of Wight, UK 

Delivery Robots in Milton Keynes, UK 

Googles Driver-less Car

Q&A with Carl Benedikt Fry

Twitters Removal of Russian, Chinese & Turkeys Fake Accounts

You Can find Anthony here:

Anthony's Consultancy, StarCity Group

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Twitter

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