Datafication is the process by which aspects of life (e.g. health, speech, social habits) are quantified, and typically used for further predictive analysis. For example wearable fitness technology, apps to track exercise or study.

Under the grand model of urban planning, governments adopt a centralised, top-down approach by planning and building vast developments. This approach priortises creating rather than responding to demand, and planning 'blue-prints' of what the 'end-state' of land use should look like.

Under the incremental model of urban planning, governments plan for and build cities incrementally, responding to public and corporate demand.

Anthropocentricism is the idea that human beings are of central importance, and that nature is a resource for human benefit.

Ecocentrism is the idea that all living things have intrinsic value independent of their usefulness to human beings.

Radical corporate transparency is a workplace management philosophy that promotes the open sharing of information and feedback across all employees. This can include meetings being recorded and made accessible to anyone within the organisation, employees being encouraged to share candid feedback to each other (even those of higher ranks) and the use of real-time algorithmic systems to rate employees' performance.