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Arcologies—self-contained mega-cities—have appeared in Sim City, Bladerunner, and sci-fi novels. Where did this idea come from, and will we all be living in an Arcology someday?

Isaac Arthur video on arcologies:    • Arcologies  

Resources on this topic:
https://www.organism.earth/library/do...
Paolo Soleri, Arcology: City in the Image of Man
https://simcity.fandom.com/wiki/Arcology
https://jfsdigital.org/wp-content/upl...
https://search.informit.org/doi/epdf/...
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/ga...
https://www.arcosanti.org/arco-agrite...
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20...

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