Alexander CW Noll

Urban planner with an interest in Smart City narratives and technologies.

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

Cont. "Grappling openly and transparently with difficult questions, such as how to achieve fairness, is precisely what characterises ethical decision-making in a society. Instead, Ofqual responded with non-disclosure agreements, offering no public insight into what it was doing"

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

Louise Amoore: "The Ofqual algorithm was the technical embodiment of a deeply political idea: that a person is only as good as their circumstances dictate"
https://t.co/DUwTitN3ta

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

Cont. "In the future, challenging algorithmic injustices will mean attending to how people’s choices in education, health, criminal justice, immigration and other fields are all diminished by a calculation that pays no attention to our individual personhood"

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

You can check out all winners and commendees in the link below and read interviews on their teaching experiences and motivations
https://t.co/KMWFYmgoF1

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

Feeling very happy and humbled today to receive Warwick's Teaching award for PhDs. A big thank you to my anonymous nominator(s)! It makes me super happy to know that my tiny contribution to teaching has had a positive impact on somebody's learning experience and time at Warwick.

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

Talking aboat the watershed moment of a possible different future that corona is presenting to us...
https://t.co/zoEY04ytw2

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

'MSc Urban Analytics and Visualisation' is one of three fantastic Master's degrees at CIM. Check it out

[CIM Warwick @CIMethods]

CIM (University of Warwick) is hosting a Virtual Open Day on April 7 and 8 for prospective students and anyone who’d like to know more about our Master’s degrees. More info at: https://t.co/ggJj4UnUpX Spread the word!

[Urban Planning @CogitatioUP]

We are happy to announce our newest issue in #OpenAccess: "Urban Planning and the #SmartCity: Projects, Practices and Politics" (Eds. @AndyKarvonen, Matthew Cook and @HavardHaarstad) Free to read & download: https://t.co/78oKGXdvV9

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

The final report of the Building better, Building beautiful Commission identifies the car as "the most evident factor behind [the decline of beauty in the built environment] is the rise of the car". But then its 44 policy proposals barely touch on the subject. It's just so hard.

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

Neglecting good quality urban design can become a generational problem.
https://t.co/tn5TF2D6Fc

[Kate Crawford @katecrawford]

In the last two days, Google and @FinancialTimes editorial board have called for a temporary moratorium on facial recognition - following in the footsteps of many researchers and civil society orgs.

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

Every new car-dominated quarter is a missed opportunity contrary to what we need in the future...
https://t.co/Es7f3ZydeQ

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

Is it Christmas already? Thanks for the nice wrapping @meatspacepress. Can't wait for the read. My addition would be a city run on a freemium/micro transactions model like parts of the video games industry - but maybe that's too close to reality anyway🤷🏼‍♂️

[Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski]

The road to hell is paved by promises of convenience. I mean, sure we live in a society of ultra control, but it's fRiCtiOnLeSS ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

I hate that you can't edit tweets for typos. 🙃

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

Thank you for the opportunity to present @regstud conference this week. It's been some insightful two days with a great variety of speakers and topics. Also got zur chance to explore Lincoln got a bit. #RSAEC

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

@allisonlassiter Agree. Long-term thinking might not be everyone's cuppa tea, but it's a necessity in politics - for politicians and NPOs alike.

[Alasdair Rae @undertheraedar]

My maps and stats for the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 are now online – all 317 local authorities here: https://t.co/0zhrwpD8MN (with links to @mhclg data and docs) – short thread with some highlights to follow

[Alexander CW Noll @futurecityplan]

It was a though-provoking and fun exercise. Thanks @pantopinik & Co for organising. Would be great to engage some local councils in the UK in this kind of exercise to imagine not only what a smart city could look like but also what we WANT it to be like. #beyondsc19

[PANTOPICON @pantopiconbe]

Suddenly you sit down as a new member of the 2050 Urban Assembly of the City of Adrestia. Decisions are to be made on a variety of challenges in this data & AI-driven age of urban governance. Thank you @BOLDCities for hosting our latest design fiction performance!
#beyondsc19