The basic message behind the use of the word “pod” is that a pod is the living start of something.  Pod Cities will be alive in the same way that corals or other multi-celled animals live.  Many individual cells live on the overall structure of a coral.  It helps them survive and over time they build it up.  A Pod City would be more like an advanced animal as different cells would do different things.  The members of the city are the cells and the smart phones are the nervous system that connects them.  The cities can satisfy many of the requirements to be considered alive.  They can grow.  They can sense their environment.  They eat.  They excrete.  They can reproduce.

As a matter of policy, in a Pod City, all cells are considered important.   Each person would be nourished to maximize their potential and happiness.  The health and wealth of the city results.