In a new "trial" passengers can now opt to pay for travel by having their smartphone tracked.

Oh and: "First adopters are being offered £15 credit for trips between Leeds and Harrogate."

That's called a nudge.

Here's what this is really about 1/14 🧵👇 This scheme is rooted in the "Green Travel Pledge" - the rail industry's commitment to provide detailed, accurate and reliable data on the carbon emissions of rail journeys.

It's part of the roadmap to Net Zero. 2/14

Remember when international affairs think tank Chatham House decided to “imagine” the long-term future of London to mark its 100 year anniversary?

Their 3D digital model "Futurescape" has since disappeared.

So consider this a mega-thread for archival purposes 🧵👇 First published in April 2021 (and since removed), the stated aim of Futurescape London was to “encourage conversations about the changes people want to see in their towns and cities”

I’d argue these are changes they, not you, would like to see.

This is a deep dive. Let's go.

Are you excited for ID Day?

Yes this is real🤦‍♂️ 🧵👇 The Identity Day (ID Day) Campaign "aims to establish worldwide recognition of 16th September as Identity Day to underscore the fundamental importance of having verifiable proof of identity."

Did you know:

On 13th June 2019, the UN and the WEF signed a "Strategic Partnership Framework" for the stated purpose of accelerating "the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development"

One year later, in 2020, The Great Reset was officially unveiled. 🧵👇 The UN-Forum Partnership was signed in a meeting held at United Nations headquarters between UN Secretary-General António Guterres and World Economic Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab.

The partnership identified six areas of focus...

DIGITAL ID: Did you know that on May 20th 2016, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the inaugural ID2020 summit brought together over 400 people to discuss how to provide digital identity to every person on the planet; a defined Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 🧵👇 Participating organizations included Accenture, Blackrock, Bloomberg, Microsoft, Gavi, Google, IBM, Barclays and many more...

Wearable technologies are part of the 'Internet of Bodies (IoB)' which aims to connect the human body to a network through devices that are ingested, implanted, or connected to the body in some way.

The World Economic Forum are big advocates.

Just saying... 🧵 "Consumer wearables and body-proximity technologies have proved valuable for capturing health and wellness data beyond medical facilities. There are also other types of data, such as retail records and social media data, that could be used to deduce details about individuals’ physical and mental health."

IN OUR HANDS: BEHAVIOUR CHANGE FOR CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS

Did you know that in 2022, The UK House of Lords issued a paper setting out methods for achieving behavioural change in accordance with climate and environmental goals?

Nudge. Nudge. 🧵👇 Page 4: "Lessons can be learned from both successful and unsuccessful behaviour change interventions in other policy areas. Most notably, the widespread behaviour change brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic."