Friendly City

Convinced of the fact it is time to move on from an era of Collaborative Consumption to an era where the Economy is based on sharing, Nicolas Rousselet engages in a deeply humanistic reflexion regarding digital modernism and the cities of the future. In this essay, nourished by clarity of thought and a resolutely international approach, the author invites us not to be blinded by contemporary myths. Through the "Friendly City' concept, he develops an optimistic vision of one of the key challenges of the next thirty years: the need to sustainably reconcile the explosion of new technologies with improvements to the way we live together.

At a time when an "uberised' society is crystallising hopes and dreams, we need to take a step back and look at current technological changes, in order to get the best out of them for each and every one of us. More than just a means of satisfying our personal needs and expectations as consumers, the digital revolution oðers us the unique opportunity to progress collectively and to positively reinvent our urban lifestyles. This is of the utmost importance as it is estimated that by !à+à, ààà of the world's population will live in cities.