This is the talk that I gave 2010 Mayor's summit.

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Digital City:
a generative platform
for urban innovations
Youngjin Yoo

2. a story
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6. THREE trends
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9. microprocessor
1992 2008
$222 $.27
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10. 1 gigabyte memory
1992 2008
$569 $.13
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11. 1 giga byte transmission
1999 2008
$1,197 $130
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12. digitization of
tools and
works
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13. digitization of products
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14. digitization of contents
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15. digitization of time & space
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16. digitization of relationship
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17. digitization of triviality
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18. radical digitalization
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19. in all dimensions of
human experiences
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20. place
things experiences people
time
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21. tight
coalescence
between
digital and
physical
materiality
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22. familiar images of
computing
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experiences
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37. digital generation
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40. “cut & paste???”
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41. participatory economy
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44. 3.
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45. urbanization
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46. (source: United Nations)
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47. History of City
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48. early cities
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49. defense
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50. trade
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51. religion
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52. education
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53. powerful vs. powerless
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54. freeman vs. slave
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55. industrial economy
physical machine
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56. making
products
cheaper,
faster, and
better
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57. importance of
capital
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58. separation of
production and consumption
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59. professional ...
managers
musicians
investors
institutions
schools
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60. modern cities
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61. production
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62. finance
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63. transportation
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64. consumption
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65. culture
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66. social problems
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67. knowledge economy
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69. creativity
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70. possession experience
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71. things actions
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72. single meaning
multiple meanings
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73. OR AND
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74. noun verb
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75. new organizing
principles
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76. post-professional society
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77. digitalization
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78. generative
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79. unbounded
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80. how to build a digital city?
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81. digital city as
computing platform
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82. sensors
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83. actuators
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84. networks
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85. databases
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86. cars
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87. buildings
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88. signs
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89. people
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90. city IS a computer
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91. we ARE computers
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92. GOOD
news is
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93. we already have many
digital components
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105. BAD
news is
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106. closed
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107. disconnected
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108. proprietary
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109. not generative
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110. not participatory
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111. building on
industrial logic
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112. things centric
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113. what we need ?
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114. city as
an operating system
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115. app store
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116. API
and
SDK
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117. local community mobilizing
all available resources to
solve its problems
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118. it’s a social problem
as much as it’s a
technical problem
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119. we need social solutions that are
technically implemented
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120. local governments
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121. technology vendors
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122. service operators
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123. utility companies
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124. local business
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125. system integrators
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126. residents
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127. local universities
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128. non-for-profit
organizations
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129. to build digital city as
a generative platform
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130. design endeavor
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131. Center for Design + Innovation
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132. design
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133. digital technology
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134. urban innovations
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135. generational grand
challenge
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136. previous generations
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137. cold war
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138. engineering and science
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139. rocket
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140. moon
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141. satellite
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142. GPS
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143. titanium
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144. internet
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146. MIT
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147. Caltech
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148. what is the grand challenge
for this generation?
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149. our cities
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150. embodies all major
challenges
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151. poverty
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152. sustainability
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153. health
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154. education
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155. global problem
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156. intimately local
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157. each city can be
a design studio
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158. building vibrant
apps ecology
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159. the vision of digital city
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160. to build
a generative platform
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161. for unbounded,
urban innovations
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162. humanly satisfying
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163. environmentally sustainable
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164. economically viable
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165. professions and
non-professionals
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166. government and citizens
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167. universities and businesses
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168. invent
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169. design
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170. discover
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171. solutions
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172. digital city
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