The Singapore method: how the authoritarian regime creates the world's most technologically advanced state

Singapore is a city that has set a goal to become the best in the world and is confidently moving in this direction. A city where you want to return to feel the touch of the future again.

The list of prohibitions and penalties of Singapore is even used in souvenirs

According to research firm IDC Government Insights, smart city technology market in Asia will reach a trillion dollars by 2025. And Singapore will definitely be the center of this stream.

By the end of 2018, Singapore should summarize all of its controlling threads in a single 3D model of the country in real time. The project "Virtual Singapore" is being developed by the French company Dassault Systèmes and costs $ 73 million. It looks like something like a game of Sims. Only here everything is real.

The project "Virtual Singapore"

Program managers insistently point out that the Smart Nation is an unprecedented convenience and an example of using artificial intelligence for the benefit of a person.