Cities of the Future (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In tomorrow’s world, cities may rise into the clouds, dive beneath oceans, or float among the stars—join us as we journey through these radical urban frontiers.

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Cities of the Future

Episode 498; May 8, 2025

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Edited by: Briana Brownell & Thomas Owens

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners. In this month's Nebula exclusive, big alien theory,
0:05.2	we're asked at the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:21.0	Cities are more than just buildings and streets.
0:24.0	They are living, breathing entities
0:25.9	shaped by human ambition and necessity.
0:29.2	But as we stand on the precipice of the future,
0:31.7	will our cities soar into the heavens,
0:34.1	sink into the earth,
0:35.5	or stretch across the stars.
0:39.3	If you could design the perfect city, what would it be like?
0:43.3	A sprawling garden paradise?
0:45.3	A towering metropolis reaching into space.
0:48.3	A floating city drifting among the clouds, or one hidden deep underground with its own artificial sun. Today we'll explore the
0:55.7	cities of the future, and the incredible ways they might reshape our lives. From skyscrapers
1:01.7	stretching to the heavens to entire civilizations built among the stars, the cities that tomorrow
1:06.5	won't just be bigger, they'll be smarter, greener, and more interconnected. Some may stretch
1:11.9	across continents, while others might huffer above the clouds, or carve vast subterranean
1:16.8	realms beneath the Earth's surface. Yet alongside these breathtaking visions, there's
1:21.8	always the shadow of dystopia, polluted, overcrowded, and lifeless concrete jungles? Which version will our future cities become?
1:30.3	To answer that, let's first look at how we got here. When I was born in 1980, the global population
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