[tikhonj]

Only a silicon valley programmer... and virtually every modern(ist) government in the past 150+ years?

Attempting and failing to centrally control cities has been a recurring motif for ages. I'd love to say it's changing, and maybe it is, but not nearly as much as it should.

[idontknowtech]

Yes definitely. But the fields of planning and architecture have learned lessons from those mistakes. These engineers, being fundamentally ignorant of their subject matter, are guaranteed to replicate the errors of the past. They're simply not qualified to do the job they're trying to do.