The Good City
According to Amin and Thrift (2002), every city runs in a particular order that comprises everyday objects, such as road signals, post-codes, pipes and overhead cables, satellites, office design and furniture, clocks, commuting patterns, computers and telephones, automobiles, software, schedules, and databases, etc. and controls the urban economic, political, social, and cultural life. As a result, many urban rhythms are aligned in different ways, for instance, in how goods are delivered or traffic flows, in Internet protocols, in civic and public behaviour rituals, in work routines, and in the traditions and cultures found in workplaces and neighborhoods. Defining these objects as a 'technological unconscious,' Thrift (2005) says they provide 'technology of interaction' that would make urban life impossible without it, while Gandy (2002) considers them the urban life support system.
