It is likely that Trudeau doesn't have the slightest idea of what he is talking about, but Google's Eric Schmidt is glad to lead him around by his purse strings. Schmidt is also a member of the globalist Trilateral Commission.
Technocrats claim that convenience makes you happy, and in Dubai, its Smart City technology makes everything convenient. However, Dubai is an Islamic dictatorship, where creating a Smart City bypasses all direct input from citizens who must live under it. Scientific Dictatorship promises the moon, but the realization of it will be a dark moon rising, indeed.
A leading provider of Internet of Things technology for Smart Cities, Silver Sprint Networks tells us that Americans are in love with the idea of Smart Cities. The study only sampled 505 consumers, which is apparently sufficient for these Technocrats to conclude that the whole country feels the same way.
For oil-rich Dubai, money is no object and its Islamic dictatorship poses no impediment for Technocrats to create the most Technocracy-oriented city in the world. Indeed, the entire Islamic world is completely sold out to the UN's program of Sustainable Development, New Urban Agenda, Green Finance, etc., and seeks to be the leader in all of these area. This amply demonstrates that Technocracy and Islam are not rivals, but rather are highly symbiotic.
The venerable graphics giant Nvidia is leading the smart city revolution and has teamed up with the China Technocracy to expand their technology platform. What happens in China will not stay in China, since developed technology will return to its origin, namely, the United States. Already, China is the most surveilled nation on earth.
The UN and the globalization process has shifted focus to global cities as the ultimate answer to Sustainable Development. Why? Because they predict 60% of people will live in a city by 2040, representing as much as 75% of global economic activity. Follow the money.
Asian cities and nations are racing toward Technocracy, following in China's vision to establish a digital silk road. China's President Xo Jinping says that a city which is not green is not smart. China is already home to 277 smart cities.
As predicted by Dr. Parag Khanna in Connectography, global cities are slated to eclipse the nation-state in controlling the world's economy and societal structure. The UN is pushing this agenda with the New Urban Agenda and the 2030 Agenda initiatives.
U.N members rejected the formation of a new 'supra' organization that would control the New Urban Agenda, but a the same time pushed the Agenda way forward. The rise of the global city is upon us, and the meme will be dominated by Technocracy.
Technocracy and Scientific Dictatorship will be confirmed as the rise of Smart Cities and the Internet of Things become ubiquitous: sensors everywhere, massive data collection and analysis, complete surveillance and tracking of everything that moves.