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Science fiction often shows us dark, grimy, dystopian mega-cities in the future, but are such planet-wide cities possible, what would they be like, and how many people could they hold?

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Credits:
Hive Worlds.
Episode 394a, May 14, 2023
Produced, Written & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur.

Editors:
Jason Burbank.
David McFarlane.

Graphics by:
Aryeh Yakov Katz.
Jeremy Jozwik.
Katie Byrne.
Ken York.
Legiontech Studios.
Mikael Lampiranta.
Sergio Botero.
Steve Bowers.
The Ashdale Regiment.

Music Courtesy of:

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