Saudi Arabia is a highly globalized country. In addition to importing talent, like yours truly from around the world to ensure it lives up to it’s potential, the country has committed to receiving influences from the west and the east and putting it’s spin on all of it. Tonight I took an Uber and drove past an Orange Theory in a Chinese manufactured car called a Changan.
Moreover, Saudi Arabia is using technology not only for commercial purposes but also for public good. Both sets of platforms have the ability to communicate with each other to improve the experience of citizenship within the country.
Use of technology in this way creates a “sticky society.” Meaning, once you’re in the “circle of trust” everything related to citizenship is much easier to do because data about you is easily transfered from one platform to the next with little effort on your behalf. Imagine digitally signing a lease and moments later being notifed by a text that your lights were just turned on.
While the citizens is likely required to ensure personal their information is kept upto date, these systems ensure that that happens. Trust in the good of these systems and the leadership that oversee them are critical to ensure privacy, ongoing digital security and continued public support.
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