“Usman Haque - founder of pachube.com - started by discounting the subject of the debate altogether, saying ‘cities are processes, things we build everyday’, suggesting no amount of data can reduce the power human beings have in shaping cities. Instead, Haque chose to focus on data as a unique opportunity for society. Calling it an opportunity for increased accountability and equality between individuals and corporations, Haque ended by telling the audience we should be asking ‘how do we want things to change’ not ‘how are things going to change?’”