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b'We discuss how the failed promises of smart city megaprojects around the world \\u2013 really honing in on Africa and a case study of Konza City in Kenya \\u2013 perfectly encapsulate the brand of colonialism propagated by consultants like McKinsey. The \\u201cvisions\\u201d and \\u201cstrategies\\u201d they sell as ways of achieving prosperity, progress, and prestige are based on a dual ideology of technological and developmental determinism. While these smart cities never materialize in the way their marketing brochures and thought leaders proclaim, they aren\\u2019t failures\\u2014because they were never meant to actually succeed. Read this fantastic piece of reporting by Carey Baraka in Rest of World: https://restofworld.org/2021/the-failed-promise-of-kenyas-smart-city/ \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nTMK shirts are now available: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)'