  The study of spacetime, and its role in understanding functional systems has
received little attention in information science. Recent work, on the origin of
universal scaling in cities and biological systems, provides an intriguing
insight into the functional use of space, and its measurable effects. Cities
are large information systems, with many similarities to other technological
infrastructures, so the results shed new light indirectly on the scaling the
expected behaviour of smart pervasive infrastructures and the communities that
make use of them.
  Using promise theory, I derive and extend the scaling laws for cities to
expose what may be extrapolated to technological systems. From the promise
model, I propose an explanation for some anomalous exponents in the original
work, and discuss what changes may be expected due to technological
advancement.
