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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: youtube.com/watch?v=TqKQ94DtS54

Resources on this topic:
https://www.organism.earth/library/document/arcology#p2-ch0-1
Paolo Soleri, Arcology: City in the Image of Man
simcity.fandom.com/wiki/Arcology
jfsdigital.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/3jfs-daffara-2022-07-12ver1.1.pdf
search.informit.org/doi/epdf/10.3316/informit.171460620144408
nytimes.com/2012/02/16/garden/an-early-eco-city-faces-the-future.html?scp=1&sq=arcosanti&st=cse
arcosanti.org/arco-agritecture
bbc.com/future/article/20221028-will-we-ever-live-in-city-sized-buildings

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