I might be alone in this, but I read this article with a sense of giddiness. Not because I want to see Detroit suffer or fail, but because this is a chance for a city to completely start over, even technologically.
It's almost never the case that a city is in such shambles that implementing a completely new technological base would cause less problems than maintaining the current one. Since it seems Detroit is completely lacking in any technological foundation currently, this could be a huge chance for them to remake themselves.
With the huge rush of municipal ISP's, availability and dependency of open source software, and numerous intelligent startups, Detroit is in a position to because an incredibly techno-smart city.
Yes I know this would cause issues, and it would change the dynamic of the city. However, I think facing those problems, and creating all those new jobs provides a significantly higher potential for stability than whatever the auto-industry can offer while still not using robots completely manufacture cars.
Regardless though, this article holds true. Detroit needs to advance, faster than it ever has in the past, and I really hope they succeed.
This is the gist of what their mayor's office has been saying, except they've placed more importance on renewable energy and sustainability. Detroit, lacking everything, is also in a good place to compete to be the greenest.
It's almost never the case that a city is in such shambles that implementing a completely new technological base would cause less problems than maintaining the current one. Since it seems Detroit is completely lacking in any technological foundation currently, this could be a huge chance for them to remake themselves.
With the huge rush of municipal ISP's, availability and dependency of open source software, and numerous intelligent startups, Detroit is in a position to because an incredibly techno-smart city.
Yes I know this would cause issues, and it would change the dynamic of the city. However, I think facing those problems, and creating all those new jobs provides a significantly higher potential for stability than whatever the auto-industry can offer while still not using robots completely manufacture cars.
Regardless though, this article holds true. Detroit needs to advance, faster than it ever has in the past, and I really hope they succeed.