TY - ABST T1 - “A City of Digital Engagement” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Ryan Burns ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Canadian author KW - Male author AB -

The dystopia created by turning a city over to Instagram. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “A City of the People, For the People, By the People” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Ayona Datta ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - English author KW - Female author KW - Indian author KW - US author AB -

In the story, an Indian city noted for its corruption is taken over by Whatsapp and “is owned and managed by a commercial company for private property” (1336 [341]). All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Civic Method" Y1 - 2019 A1 - Matthew Claudel ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

After an unexplained collapse, many cities are run on the model of the book publisher Elsevier, which is in competition with cities run by Springer, Taylor and Francis, and the rapidly growing Routledge. Each city completely controls every aspect of its citizens lives. The only threat on the horizon is in the Midwest of the United States where Open Access is growing. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “The Col and the Blackouts” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Jessica Foley A1 - Rob Kitchin ED - Mark Graham ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Female author KW - Irish author AB -

In the story, a city council is taken over by Mobile Network Operator, based on Vodaphone, and a section is cut off from any access to the internet. That section develops its own culture and language. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Mearspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Cryps, Chains and Cranks” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Matthew Zook ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

The dystopia created by cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “EasyCity” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Manuel B. Aalbers ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Belgian author KW - Male author AB -

The EasyJet version of a city as seen by a couple wanting to rent an inexpensive EasyFlat in EasyCity, a new suburb being built near the airport that EasyJet has renamed to suggest it is closer to a major city than it actually is and going through all the add-on extras. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens. The EasyJet version of a city as seen by a couple wanting to rent an inexpensive EasyFlat in EasyCity, a new suburb being built near the airport that EasyJet has renamed to suggest it is closer to a major city than it actually is and going through all the add-on extras. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Grindr City” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Gavin Brown ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - English author KW - Transgender author AB -

Grindr City starts as an app for gay and bi men to chat and meet, and it evolves into an all-consuming way of life, which then evolves into an actual city. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Let’s Make this City and Urban Project Everybody Wants” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Shannon Mattern ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Baltimore is taken over by the seed accelerator Y Combinator. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Monetizing Movement” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Harrison Smith ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

The story is in the form of a sales pitch from a company, based on Groundtruth, selling constantly updated location data by accessing phones. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Most Magical Place” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Anthony Vanky ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Satire on planned cities run by AIs programmed by companies like Disney. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Potholes and Pumpkin Spice” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Kalpana Shankar A1 - Glenn Kaufmann ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Female author KW - Irish author KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Satire describing a city run by Starbucks. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens. Female co-author. Shankar is a Professor of Information and Communication Studies at University College, Dublin. Kaufmann is a freelance writer from the United States to Dublin, Ireland in 2011 and now has dual citizenship.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Premium Places" Y1 - 2019 A1 - Dietmar Offenhuber ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

The story is in the form of an academic article on a city designed and run by Pornhub. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Registering Eve” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Alison Powell ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

A future city in which all interactions are through the blockchain, based on a company like Ethereum, which has many flaws, some of which are deliberately designed to overcharge.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Safe and Secure Living in Camden” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Alan Wiig ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

The story is designed as a report of a couple searching for a safe place to live, work, and raise their family. They settle on Camden, New Jersey, a formerly notoriously dangerous city that has partnered with corporations, such as Shotspotter, to install comprehensive surveillance. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens. The author teaches urban planning and community development at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, who has also published a critique of the actual program in “Secure the City, Revitalize the Zone: Smart Urbanization in Camden, New Jersey.” Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 36.3 (2018): 403-23.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Save the ShireTM” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Jennifer Gabrys ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

A technological libertarian eutopia for the extremely wealthy made possible for the wholesale harvesting of information on individuals used to undermine democracy, based on Palintir. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Seeking Follows” Y1 - 2019 A1 - James Ash ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

In the story, Twitter has taken over London after the collapse of democracy in 2038 and “follows” have become the main medium of exchange with those with the most follows selling their ability to gain attention to advertisers. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens. The author is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Newcastle University.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “The Semantic City” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Andrew Iliadis ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

The story is set in a future where Philadelphia has contract with Apple for its citizens, including teenagers, to have a Siri implant that provides them with a constant flow of information, including ads. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “So You Want to Live in a Pivot City” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Sarah Barns ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Australian author KW - Female author AB -

The story takes place in Sydney, Australia, which, due to climate change and environmental degradation had lost its tax base and agreed to cooperate with Sidewalk Labs, owned by Google, to create an experimental surveilled city that would focus on reducing the cities carbon footprint. This requires that every action by every resident be tracked an evaluated positively or negatively. Those who fall below the threshold determined by the city can be expelled, losing not merely the right to live in the city but their property in the city. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens. The Australian female author is a digital strategy consultant, producer, and researcher.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Streamers" Y1 - 2019 A1 - Cian O’Callaghan ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Irish author KW - Male author AB -

The story is set in a city that has replaced almost all work with temporary jobs offered through streaming, modeled on Spotify. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “The Strive City of Tomorrow” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Katharine S. Willis ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

A description of Strive City, which is based on combining Ebenezer Howard’s A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898) and Strava Metro, a company that monetizes data sets present as a sales pitch for the city. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Subprime Language and the Crash” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Pip Thornton ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Female author KW - Scottish author AB -

In search of larger and larger profits, Google’s complete control of the internet led to it buy up much of the world’s real estate, and to monetizing words. This led to the Global Linguistic Crash of 2041 and the loss of all information that had been stored on the internet, paper records having been outlawed.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Swipe Right to Welcome Left to Reject” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Linnet Taylor ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Dutch author KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

A description of a city that had been welcoming to immigrants and refugees but failing to integrate them partners with Welcome Tinder to pair citizens and immigrants. The relationship apparently begins successfully and then is followed for five years and it spreads across the country at the same time that more and more problems emerge. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - NP SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Too Much Fulfilment” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Lizzie Richardson ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - English author KW - Female author AB -

Food delivery has entirely taken over the food industry and effectively controls what people get to eat, based on a company like Deilveroo. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - NP SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Unseen" Y1 - 2019 A1 - Jeremy W. Crampton A1 - Kara C. Hoover ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - English author KW - Female author KW - Ghanaian author KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

The story is set in a future that is completely connected and surveilled by a company like Cambridge Analytica told from the point-of-view of a teenager who doesn’t fit the parameters. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Welcome to Jobstown” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Sophia Maalsen A1 - Kurt Ivensen ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Australian author KW - Female author KW - Male author AB -

Written as a Time Magazine report from 2029 on the development of Jobstown, a “smart city,” by Apple, with everything provided by Apple and accessed through Apple products, and every action is recorded and stored. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - You Are Entitled to What the Data Says You Deserve” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Rob Kitchin ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Irish author KW - Male author AB -

The author describes the story as “a thought experiment that imagines a future where a city administration uses a data broker, based on a company like ACXIOM, and their services to make decisions regarding the provision of services.” One  result is to exacerbate existing inequalities. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER - TY - ABST T1 - “Youthful Indiscretions” Y1 - 2019 A1 - Monica Stephens ED - Mark Graham ED - Rob Kitchin ED - Shannon Mattern ED - Joe Shaw KW - Female author KW - US author AB -

Buffalo, New York, has become SnapCity with all services provide by Snapchat. All the stories in the book are responses to a recent book, A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Government (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2017), by Stephen Goldsmith and Neil Kleiman, that proposes, in the editors’ interpretation, that cities should act more like Amazon in dealing with their citizens.

JF - How to Run a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables PB - Meatspace Press CY - Np SN - 978-0-9955776-7-1 ER -