The future of urban planning -- shareable cities | Jason Hsu | TEDxWanChai

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• published: 29 Sep 2014
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Jason explains the concept of “shareable cities”, where citizens work together to crowd source goods, services, funding, transportation, money, knowledge, and more. He argues how access to transparent and open data will enable greater innovation since members of the community can leverage shared data sets on transportation, healthcare, and infrastructure, to build products and services that serve the public good. Jason Hsu is an educator, design thinker, storyteller and most of all a learner of Nature. Starting out as a journalist for Taiwan News, Jason developed a curious mind for humanity. His desire to explore brought him to travel across Central and South America in search of a Che Guevara-like revolution. He spent time in Xi’an, China helping investigate and research water resource consumption under UNESCO. In 2008, he co-founded The Big Question Conference as a way to facilitate, build conversation and network among the youth in Asia. What began as a conference turned into a social innovation hub that draws a variety of creative talents and entrepreneurial minds to collaborate. He also co-founded TEDxTaipei in 2009 and has been serving as TEDx Ambassador since 2010. Jason’s most recent endeavour was the founding of Shareable Cities, a venture established with the aim to explore sharing economy business models. Jason is passionate about open data, collaborative working as well as mutualism theories espoused by the beehive. He is a runner and an avid lover of mountain climbing. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)