Periagoge
Scenario

How smart city technology creeps toward authoritarianism

My city installed smart streetlights that can monitor crowds and I voted for them thinking about traffic but now I wonder if we just built our own surveillance state.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Well-intentioned civic technology adoption creates infrastructure that can be repurposed for democratic suppression without additional public consent.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and democracy?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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