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thing; hopefully, there will be
more compassion as we try to
correct and eliminate some of
the injustices that plague our
collective well-being – home-
lessness, economic inequality,
crime, housing and food short-
ages, , etc.
It will also take some time in or-
der to assess the true impact of
kids not goofing around by pass-
ing notes in class or playing tag
on the playground.
That said, I can’t think of a bet-
ter time to be alive.
Businesses that choose to trans-
fer their operations from office
to home will require better lo-
cal access to technologies.
are usually not as robust or so-
phisticated as those at work and
security protocols will need de-
velopment.
On the other hand less reliance
on technologies within the soci-
ety environment, will allow bet-
ter citizenship both at work and
at play.
In the smart cities context –
smart means the reduction of
technological and energy ineffi-
ciencies.
We can take it a step further and
say that it means, creating pub-
lic and private spaces where
people feel safe in conducting
daily activities and where they
want to raise their families.
This reliance will come with
challenges, , as home systems
On the road ahead opportunities
abound as we connect technol-
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