Self-Aware Cities

(this image was 'borrowed' from io9)

Check out this article that came out on io9 a short while ago about living cities.

"Could a billion urbanized human beings help to create a system so agile, it becomes a living mind in its own right?"

This brings to mind the Puppet Master character from Ghost in the Shell and, of course, Neuromancer.  But, honestly,  I can't even begin to talk about what insights they bring up.  Read it!

The Only Thing We Can Be Sure About the Future, is That It Will Be Absolutely Fantastic

Thanks the the invention of the transistor, we can communicate instantly with each other!