The city of the future

How would you design the city of the future?

My city of the future would be designed to facilitate ongoing and sensible growth within the planet’s ecological boundaries.

It would use recycled water and make use of solar and wind energy instead of fossil fuels. People’s innovation using AI and biotechnology would mean we manufacture food without having to destroy rainforests or plunder the oceans for it. As a result the world would have returned to balance.

It would involve humans living alongside wild animals instead of exploiting them as mere resources for pseudoscientific ‘cures’. The killing of rhinos, whales, cows and sheep and all other animals would be a horrible relic of a more savage past.

People of all countries would share perspectives respectfully, and others would actively listen rather than people trying to jostle and fight for power and money. Endless capitalist growth would no longer be the tacit driver behind all business and the toxic religion of the world.

Instead the new movement towards balance would emerge where resources were shared and distributed evenly among peoples. Peace and calm would be the prevailing result.

The net result of such an approach would mean the human species and all other extant living organisms we share the earth with would be around a lot longer.

Sounds like an idyllic utopia right? If you don’t imagine what could be it won’t ever be possible.