HBS Professors Leslie John and Mitch Weiss talk about the future of smart cities and the trade-offs between technology and privacy that come with improving life in a metropolis. Today, we’ll hear from Professors Leslie John and Mitch Weiss about their case entitled “Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up.” BRIAN KENNY: The real question is why should people trust their motives when they’ve not demonstrated… not just them, I’m not singling out Sidewalk Labs per se.