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Research Notes: Digital Twin Cities

When does governing the simulation become governing the city?

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A Z Mackay
Jul 09, 2025
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When does governing the simulation become governing the city?

The trigger was reading about Singapore’s Virtual Singapore project, which spent $73 million building a computational replica of the entire city-state. Not a planning model for future scenarios. A real-time mirror that updates continuously with sensor feeds. And then I found out Singapore’s Na…

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