Science Fiction delights in showing us grim, dark, giant, and dystopian future cities of covered in garbage and where life is cheap, but how realistic are such metropolises and how can we avoid living in them?

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Credits: Mega-Cities Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 259; September 17, 2020 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics: Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Udo Schroeter

Music by Miguel Johnson https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic