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Dream States

Dream States is a book by John Lorinc.

John Lorinc

The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart city software and hardware is now worth hundreds of billions a year.

But the ideas and approaches underpinning smart city tech raise tough and important questions about the future of urban communities, surveillance, automation, and public participation. The smart city era, moreover, belongs firmly in a longer historical narrative about cities one defined by utopian ideologies, architectural visions, and technological fantasies.

Smart streetlights, water and air quality tracking, autonomous vehicles: with examples from all over the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Portland, and Chicago,Dream Statesunpacks the world of smart city tech, but also situates this important shift in city-building into a broader story about why we still dream about perfect places. (From Coach House Books)

Lorinc is a journalist and editor from Toronto. He reports on urban affairs, politics, business and technology. His writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Walrus, Maclean's and Spacing, where he is senior editor.

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