“We [MIT Smart Cities research group] try to identify the fundamental underlying design assumptions that everybody takes as a sort of given and unchallengeable when you think about solving these problems. And we try to challenge those assumptions.” ThinkingTryingProblemGivenChallengesCitiesGroupsDesignSmartResearchFundamentalsAssumptionMit Author:William J. Mitchell
“American cities are kind of difficult contexts to work in. They are politically complex. There are a lot of different interest groups. It takes immense political skill to get anything done at all.” KindDifferentDonePoliticalDifficultInterestCitiesGroupsSkillsComplexesImmenseInterest GroupsAmerican Cities Author:William J. Mitchell