Building smart cities | Saskia Sassen

Can a city hack technology? What happens when that technology becomes obsolete? In this sharp talk, sociologist Saskia Sassen discusses how cities can reinvent themselves and cultivate open-source urbanism, where our habits inform our space. TEDArchive presents previously unpublished talks from TED conferences. Enjoy this unedited talk by Saskia Sassen. Filmed at TED2013. NOTE: Comments are disabled on this video. We made this difficult decision for the TED Archive because we believe that a well-moderated