DON'T COMPLY‼️Here are serious, no-fluff reasons to reject a universal digital ID: \t•\tPrivacy loss: A persistent ID lets governments/companies track everything—movement, purchases, associations. \t•\tFunction creep: Starts as “convenience,” becomes compliance—expanded to policing, taxes, speech control. \t•\tCentralized kill-switch: One authority can deny or revoke access to banking, travel, services—no ID, no life. \t•\tBreach biometrics risk: When a central database leaks, you can’t change

In this episode, we recap STRATA — our conference with MIT’s Center for Real Estate, bringing together over 250 leaders, builders, and innovators from around the world to explore where the built world meets what’s next. Is technology really making our cities better — or just smarter? We look back at what went down: Travis Kalanick shared his vision for an “operating system for the physical world,” Joe Pine reminded us why experiences matter more than ever, and we learned how innovation, design,