The Future of Cities - Charter Cities

I was skeptical that the WRSC and GENI could work together.  At times, it seems the only thing their philosophies have in common is they both present road maps towards the future.  WRSC talks about how we're going about to set new policy and integrate new technologies, GENI is all about uniting the world in one electric grid with a policy that was designed more than thirty years ago.  WRSC is all about cutting-edge technologies while GENI has an extensive paper-based archive.

Paul Romer gave a TED talk in 2009 on Charter Cities and for the first time, I can finally see some common ground between GENI and WRSC and see how a hybrid of these two different philosophies might work together mutually in harmony. 

Paul Romer's 2009 Talk (Charter Cities): http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_romer.html

Paul Romer's 2011 Talk (The First Charter City perhaps in Honduras): http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_romer_the_world_s_first_charter_city.html