THE LINE | The City of the Future

Join renowned physicist and best-selling author Professor Michio Kaku on his visit to THE LINE at #NEOM.
With him as your guide, take a tour into how our revolutionary city will tackle the traditional urban challenges of traffic, pollution and overcrowding.
#TheLINE

[@phoenix5054]

"I'm sold!" - Michio Kaku Yes, we know.

[@lllshreelll]

Michio Kaku realised there's more money in this than physics

[@chrisstorrer]

He features prominently on the Neom website as well.

[@dazross8729]

😂😂

Didn't expect Michio Kaku here too, he is like everywhere XD

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

😂😂😂😂😂 seeing him in construction clothes was hilarious

[@ILovePlebs]

His string theory was a failure so he had to find a new grift.

[@dominnno]

in the future when the line gets finished: “Mom, what’s outside the walls?” “Monsters, titans.”

[@markpayton3895]

So much hype thrown around for concept arts and designs. How are you gonna fix inequality? Inviting only the wealthy to live on the line so everyone there is automatically rich?

[@lauroiglesias1378]

I guess this is the intention...😢

[@change9929]

More lines.😅

[@KuriusOranj]

Since I first heard of this, my main question has been, "why a line, and not another shape?" Other shapes could fulfill the density design, but greatly decrease the round-trip factor. A circle, triangle, grid, or even a Celtic Knot could achieve the same basic goals of density and relative ease of access to amenities while greatly decreasing the footprint and time it takes for a subway train to return to its origin location after reaching its last stop.

[@shinkurt]

Ya but doesn't sound as cool lol

[@KJV-Flat-Earth]

Cause they use cocaine

[@arunprasades1]

yes, only another shape make sense. the line is meant to fail, it will fail

[@mosh1986]

other shape gonna cannibalize the view for people at center/ escape if anything gone wrong. While it is about density, it also about avoiding congestion (you know human behavior).

[@andremota247]

to have more land

[@asifnawaz6238]

As the project LINE planed for 170 Km long, initially they must build a complete mockup of around 1-5 km of line to prove the world that the line is practically possible to stay, transport & move around

[@grande6075]

Exactly and should not be that.tall.and from there they can continue if they find it feasible.

[@aames8887]

1.7km I also need to consider when he can delivery the sample project ¿

[@ws3454]

This is what will happen. Only the first 5 kilos will be built and fully equipped. And then it is expanded longitudinally as needed

[@ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1]

BMA I am baffled to understand how its difficult to commute in a land!!!

[@RaghbatTV]

​@@ws3454r u sure ?

[@RickySoundzzOfficial]

It will be interesting to see a city not made out of brick and steel but giant mirrors and buzzwords

[@PolishWok]

I literally see concrete and steel... You hate Saudi this much you just ridicule for sake of ridicule at this point. Just say you hate the government of SA instead. Lol

[@leruscino8498]

This is a prison ffs. Wake the f**k up......

[@jona7200]

Yes mirrors which will hurt your eyes looking st it from afar, which probably will burn you by the suns reflection and which will destroy all the ecology nature and life in the area

[@cleantertainment8548]

😂😂

[@sahal6640]

People living there will be like living in a open Jail 😂

[@RedCoat1016]

I legit thought this was a teaser for Apple TV’s next dystopian sci fi drama.

[@angwantibo]

7:43 "Our challenges on THE LINE are not to eliminate the bad stuff because that's already not there." Let's see how this will turn out. Do they really think problems disappear when you just ignore them in the planning?

[@oguzkaganerge]

When I heard this first, I remembered the book, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, in a way that this approach actually creates a new community in the world, and separates some of us from others. If you ask why, just think about who is gonna live here? you? me? or the people who make more money than others. It is a perfect project in a way, but also very bad for the rest. It is exactly like the name of the book; Brave. New. World. So today's cities will transform into the outer place of the "line."

[@noxzzza9865]

or its just how normally human react to new inventions , talkin about how the rich and poor live in a different area, well thats not a new things

[@storm244]

the line will have 9 m people is it a lot and after that neom will do more project.

[@jakedefenbaugh603]

Hunger games

[@storm244]

We live in the age of the Internet, everything is connected, this city “the line”meant to be a Tourist city, not closed one.

[@dhungryarchitect]

Godzilla would love wrecking the shit out of this.

[@PromiseFulfillled]

Due to bad weather, I was trapped on a cruise ship for several days and the ship was not able to go to port. I couldn't wait to get off that ship. I canNOT imagine living like this forever.

[@dhungryarchitect]

you wont you could not afford it anyway so who cares

[@Cherryontop10]

Your not in a prison just a location that externally is a line but internally it’s 3d. You’re allowed to leave the space and return 🙄

[@Mariusz803]

People live like packed rats in densley polulated cities. I coudn't even like in Toronto let alone this place. But interesting idea, maybe it will change my mind if done properly. Hard to say, I'm not overly optimistic, but want to see where this goes.

[@JesseDishner]

Really allows complete control of the citizens in the line.

[@Ufor332]

I kinda wana be under complete control 🥵

[@KGF-zf2qj]

Believe me you are already under complete control.. you just don't feel it.

[@JesseDishner]

@@KGF-zf2qj that's so deep, but I was referring specifically to the level of control this type of city allows. So deep...

[@miokaya4595]

@@KGF-zf2qj We are. but The Line is really "Complete" lol. If the goverment want to close the gate, it's done.

[@schloops8473]

oh this is on a whole other level to a point even the chinese CCP will be jealous @@KGF-zf2qj

[@joemadonia1267]

I dont want to live in a box, I want to see the sky in a panoramic view, I want to travel on the road in my 1970 Chevelle and see the land and the trees and life all around me. This concept is very nice for some people but not for all.

[@OldGamerPapi]

The thought of being crammed in such a confined space, no matter how convenient everything is, is sickening to me. All I can imagine in an aesthetically pleasing 1984

[@verilyze]

Crammed in Its as suspicious as it's get 200 wide is practically a who complex and it's road integrated

[@FalloutConspiracy]

The Line is quite ambitious, to say the least. If they can manage to pull this off it's going to be a game changer for urban planning around the entire planet. I hope they can execute on their ambitious architectural vision and brings their plans to fruition in a way that's welcoming, sustainable, and conducive to communal living.

[@AnaCata-vf4zt]

Is not them is the A.I 100%

[@FalloutConspiracy]

@@AnaCata-vf4zt Explain.

[@Amanacare]

How is the line intend to address any natural disaster?

[@theoneandonlyhabib37]

@@Amanacare we don't get natural disasters here in Saudi Arabia 😅

[@Jordanx_204]

@@Amanacare It's Saudi Arabia, they don't get much other than a sand storm.

[@igoromelchenko3482]

Such an abundance of grandiloquent expressions and convoluted phrases are employed, as to cloak one's arrogance, boastfulness, and intoxication with power over people and their destinies in a veneer of nobility.

[@fancyfree8228]

When I think of Saudi Arabia, I’m definitely thinking this is not someplace I ever want to be in the future.

[@jaychrist4437]

I think its cool and cant wait to visit, and then fly home to my farm and never visit again.

[@brendo7363]

A 500m tall, 170km long MIRROR in the desert. Think about that for one second.

[@GhislaineGautreau-jk2nd]

Ambition can lead to madness. This is a perfect example. The problem is: it is not a nightmare...it is happening for real. Wake up, people of the World. Wake up.

[@margaretwade]

Most of the world won't live here.

[@Lionsparkttv]

This is very ambitious, if this works is definitely going to change people perspective of living in my point of view. If it works out i am definitely going to visit to see it myself. I am a graphic designer always loving what people ideas are. I feel that if this city works out i see the cities in the west dying.

[@schloops8473]

the cities in the West are of all sorts... not everybody will want to live in a total surveillance dictatorship. The project is extremely fascinating and I would love to visit or stay a little but it could really go super creepy super fast as all movements will be on cameras with face recognition, all communications will also be controlled by the princes... all it takes is for one leader to go full shariah low and OMG lol

[@klnine]

In Saudi , no one will take this on, dont worry !

[@exgeeinteractive]

How the fuck does a 200m wide city going to be sustainable? 🤣

[@andreassumerauer5028]

Sure, I live in one of those 'western cities' and it is a thousand years old not different from many other places in my country. If that line in the sand should really be built and if it then gladly happens to survive its first decade without a humanitarian catastrophe and without major riots among its inhabitants, then I will definitely have to ask myself whether it still makes any sense to be at home in a place and a community that has shaped the lives of countless generations of it's inhabitants, that has seen so many human beings fulfil their fate within its humble surroundings. And every single one of them has contributed a bit to growth and continuous rejuvination of my town and has nourished the spirit of this beautiful place that I call home. Well, if the line should turn out a success while I'm still around, I guess I will be very, very happy to see that. And I will be admiring the ingenuity and the perseverance and the vision of the architects, the builders and the inhabitants of that place. And at the same time I will still feel at home and validated in my own home town. A place can lose its spirit and it can die, that's true. But that does not happen because another place is rising. People do have meaningful and fulfilled lives in multiple places regardless of the success of any of the other locations. That's a simple truth and if you believe otherwise then maybe you might want to think again.

[@Ray-uu8gd]

Lmao. I’m happy to live in the outskirts and live an ACTUAL sustainable life. Those before us did it. And we will continue to do so. At least our children will will know the difference between the blue sky then looking up at a ceiling lmao.

[@amirrahbar]

I wonder -what is the cost of construction per square meters and the ROI period and The maintenance costs on this project . -Where do lower income and service people live on such a project ? - will such a project be possible and sustainable without the enormous initial investment needed for it ? -will there be a social class and status division like any normal city ? -will people eventually abandon this city to live in a normal city ? -Will there be normal cites built along sides of it to serve this giant system ? And many other practical and social questions that comes to my mind as an expat architect who lived and practiced in Dubai for the past 43 years and still curious . Maybe I ask AI ?

[@Cathroyuic]

So many architects dreamed of their city of the future, where they could revolutionize human behavior: Le Corbusier, Lloyd Wright, BIG, and so on.... and they all failed.

[@Renovatio2142]

we cant have a city where people wont be able to show their richness ;D

[@Caleb_Mandrake872]

@@Cathroyuic - Why do you think Lloyd Wright failed? I thought he was well regarded in his field. His homes are highly sought after.

[@leob6]

Excellent questions, all of which are of course being sidestepped in this video ... I think the economic and social issues might even be a bigger risk to this project than the financial or technological ones ... "What The Line does is that it creates an equality" ... How? Why? Is that guaranteed to happen? What if it doesn't?

[@Lunarphoenix606]

how do they do maintenance on a building currend buildings have a life of around 50 years so lets say that a building some how gets 100 years old and needs to be rebuild how will they do that inside of the line? (I mean a full rebuild of the building so first make it to scraps than create a new structure)

[@johndurrant9262]

But isn't it a basic human need to go outside, to breathe fresh air, to interact with nature? The line feels like hell. A panopticon style prison that inhabitants become completely dependent upon so they can't fend for themselves - like something from E.M Forster's "The Machine Stops".

[@cormoran_strike]

Women in Saudi: "Yeah! we can drive!" The Line: "We don't use cars anymore"

[@fitzgerald2064]

Hope the builders have safe working conditions and benefits.

[@ws3454]

They do👌🏼

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

They won't. Why should it be better that the previous projects?!

[@n-zedorai6613]

Why you expect they will be in bad condition. People working there are mostly from our Bangladesh, India Pakistan. Our people feels motivated to go there because there is money. Also a lot of people that known to me has went there and nobody complained about it. Not even in the Qatar world cup. Those news you get about human rights are just hypocrisy of western media. They just want to demean Islam in front of the world because the religion is rapidly growing.

[@SFJayAnt]

This looks like a scene out of a dystopian movie

[@user-pf4hq9gm4i]

With a high probability, this city will turn into a tourist attraction. Very few Saudis will buy a home to live here. The property will be bought as a second property, for holidays and for renting out.

[@jessicamartinez4155]

I love the concept-my concern is money. This could create a greater gap between ppl of great wealth and ppl of no wealth. I feel like it serves the rich only. I am hoping I am I am thinking wrong

[@alibineisa2533]

Saudis dreams have no end 🇸🇦

[@rioluna6058]

sadly the world is dying and no one will ever visit neom i doubt is gonna be finished before humanity collapses , the future of the middle east are 50 or 60 degrees celsius, basically if people are gonna live there they are gonna live all their live inside building like prisioners

[@wellytms4713]

@@rioluna6058Well, instead of living in a normal and small building under the heat of 50, you can't go out to the yard. Or you can live inside a giant building and the temperature outside is moderate.

[@rioluna6058]

@@wellytms4713 still thats inside a building. I live in one of the most beautiful countries in the World (Costa rica). Personally I wouldnt live my life inside a building, i visit amaizing places like waterfalls and mountains every single week living inside abuilding is just sad. But hey to each their own if the saudíes want to live all their lifes inside a giant prison is their life not mine 😬

[@ws3454]

​@@rioluna6058 It's not a prison. There are trains as well as car parking on the outskirts of the city. You can go out and go to neighboring cities and regions, take a walk outside, and then return to your home. It is a city like any other, but in a different shape

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

Saudis nightmares has no ends.

[@nikinik5620]

I'm interested in discovering what the apartments look like, how the people are seen to interact and how sunlight is incorporated into the project and the cost to live there. This will be interesting to watch.

[@ameenabdullah5370]

Exactly

[@bluezy710]

About the sun, ask Bill Gates. There's a reason why he's creating technology to control the rays of the sun.

[@davidkooyman2359]

it will probably be similar to living in a Terraformed space module similar to what Musk hints at doing. will definitely be interesting to see how the first inhabitants of The Line go

[@khalidabanumay5542]

I really wait for content for that exactly. I do not mind to watch youtube bloggers just to take a glimpse of what is like living there and see how they incorporate the sun into the architectural design.

[@dhungryarchitect]

Godzilla would love wrecking the shit out of this.

[@DONTCALLMETHAT]

If this thing ever comes to fruition, it won't be for poor people

[@SalemTarek8421]

Look, every "new" project that is "life changing" will always bring with it potential risks, we can't just stay afraid of it, humans need to push themselves through it, development and invention is essential for humanity, every problem have a solution, also the pros of this project is more than the cons.

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

More pros than cons? Are your stupid?

[@anayatullahatif7418]

its very similar like a industry revolution happen around the world, but without damaging ecosystem of ours and we are proud of that, congrats from India

[@schloops8473]

how is a line instead of a circle not damaging the environments?

[@anayatullahatif7418]

@@schloops8473 its negligible in magnitude of what west has produced in industry Revolution and benefitting from slave trading and using as labour

[@schloops8473]

The West ended slavery. Notably, it ended the Muslim slave trade which was the worse of the slave trade as they ripped off the genitals of their slaves with only 40% surviving the operation. Let me repeat that... the West had to smash Muslim slave traders, especially the ones linked to the different royal families, into the ground. And the industrial revolution is what allows the Line to even be a concept.@@anayatullahatif7418

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

What? Your are stupid!

[@ZerteilteZukuenfte]

The next golden age of humankind starts with The Line. This is the foundation for becoming the center of the world by 2050.

[@tekyo123]

Maybe earlier 😊

[@emergencyambulance2017]

@@tekyo123 inshallah!! can't wait to be a part of this city!

[@leiladasha]

Golden age has med beds / replicators free energy

[@michaelslavin1601]

😂 don’t forget about the constant surveillance you will be under. If you like to be controlled by others then enjoy your city 😂

[@emergencyambulance2017]

@@michaelslavin1601 cry harder stay jealous, cope and seethe

[@tomfiver4148]

This was more of a commercial than something informative...They bring in scientist to talk enthusiasticly about nothing. How about adressing some possible issues ? Surveillance? Migrating birds? Water consumption and waste disposal ? And also what does it mean these days to be "sustainable" ? My thoughts are that these new trend where people believe that technology is gonna solve all our ecological problems without any compromises to our comfort and consumption are actually just making people hopeful but offer no permanent solution or vision for the future. I like the "no cars" idea...but i would like to see the calculations on watering 170km of gardens in the desert heat with desalinated water taken from red sea pumped into various heights. Also i m curious about the impact this will have on the red sea ecosystem.

[@moeyr6]

This is another example of what the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said On being asked on the signs of the last day, “you shall see the barefoot, naked, penniless shepherds competing in constructing high buildings.” This hadith describes people who become rich all of a sudden and then build not for need but only in competition.

[@andrekemp5059]

This Line looks like Babylon, egypt in the past. The law of Water Dont flow in straight line It dont flow up hill. Build it in South Africa first. 2de in the world unemployment 50/50 Crime rate All of the world is here Weather is Hot and dry and Wet and freezing. Money is not easy to make living. Prototype here is good Idea for long term.

[@VijeeshVkakkanam]

Please give good salary to the workers working hard for fulfilling your dream project,

[@theoneandonlyhabib37]

We are 👍🏼

[@hongquiao]

I'm guessing Michio Kaku got an offer he couldn't refuse... Hell, I aint judging. I'd accept such an offer too (if I had a reputation worth selling)

[@tauruszuma]

The absolute and ultimate challenge to this "dream" world project is the reality that every millionaire family requires up to 15 low paid wage earners to maintain day to day services so is part of the plan to house these 30,000,000 servants, cooks, cleaners, transport drivers etc. to stack them 20 to a room in a subterranean location where they might get a glimpse of sunlight on their only half day off a week? Dreams are for dreamers, I'm looking forward to see how many foreign intelligent investors are going to participate given the Saudi's track record with mega projects. The only positive reality I see here is that they will never run out of raw and principal ingredient for all that glass!

[@miaroseworld2017]

How much will cost to live there? One thing they never discuss is the cost of living.

[@sudarshan1611]

IN JUST FEW YEARS I AM GOING TO WORK AS INVASIVE CARDIOLOGIST IN DUBAI AND AM EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT TO COMPLETE AND YESS ONCE ITS READY AM GOING LIVE IN NEOM WATEVER THE PRICE OR MONEY GOES!!!!! BRILLIANT PROJECT ....HERE THE NEW ERA BEGIN'S>>>>>

[@user-qr1vt2zp7l]

لكن هذه ليس بدبي ؟

[@AfterKa]

You are not alone in these feelings! I hope you will be a part of this beginning of a new era of living in a normal world. The world we live in is unbearable when choosing residents, should be guided by thinking, not wealth, because only people with a wide horizon are able to raise the potential of this place to the heights of comfort, peace and global happiness of people who will create a home there😍

[@yehebektirwatirilfut]

@@user-qr1vt2zp7l he knew, i mean after from dubai he want move to neom

[@rioluna6058]

@@AfterKa hhahahahhah what are you talking about? have you heard about global warming? , this year el niño in the pacific started im from costa rica i already felt it and soon you will feel it too this year and the next one and the next one are gonna be rough , humanity is doomed the middle east is one the zones the will be more affected by ,,, living in the line will meant living all your live inside a building with 50 plus celsius outside hahhaha you are dreaming , humanity is on borrowed time and the saudies are betting on tourism hahahah mega LOL

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

Go and waste more ressources.

[@almightyziz]

Very ambitious i remember one time David Goggins said "always set goals that you think you can not achieve" i hope this new type of thinking will stop wars in the world. i really think that Neom is The Key to achieve civilization type 1 im 28 yo and hopefully in my lifetime. ✨👑🇸🇦👌🏼

[@andrekemp5059]

This Structure wil be the platform of full house Track and Trace, Mouse trap. Like a cruise Ship. I have a bad feeling about this Spaceship structure. Nothing is natural about this, no Bio flowing lines, human qube

[@almightyziz]

@@andrekemp5059 sounds like a Christian bigot 🤡

[@user-oh9vf1oe9c]

@@andrekemp5059 These are just bot comments to praise those sitting in high chairs. Even if it succeeds after sucking all money from the economy, it would be one of the most inefficient cities ever

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

Yes, the sheikhs which finances religious wars are those who will bring us peace. How stupid!

[@sanjeevansinha7023]

I’d rather live in a city with traffic and mobility issues than a city with majority of artificial lights.

[@user-br1bp3mn5r]

So excited to see Michio is joining!! 🎉

[@Sam-nc1zi]

Instead of excavating the entire length of the project at once, it would be prudent for the kingdom to begin by constructing smaller single-digit sections of 800x200x500. By doing so, we can assess the success and feasibility of these sections before proceeding with the full-fledged construction of 'The Line.' This step-by-step approach will allow us to mitigate risks and make informed decisions based on the performance of each section.

[@storm244]

agree with you but they will do it in stages like u said so the first stage will end in 2030, 460k people will be the max number for the first stage. all project will end in 2045

[@tadmckowski3348]

They’re not smart enough for that, this is going to be a disaster.

[@storm244]

@@tadmckowski3348 what? what do you think they are??? a lot of big names working on it

[@tadmckowski3348]

@@storm244 everyone involved. Clearly no one can see how bad this idea is for so many reasons. At the core, this is a stupid project.

[@storm244]

@@tadmckowski3348 bruh who are you?? I mean yes your are a person and you have opinions but I ask you who really are you. Do you think your opinion is important ?? No it’s not. are you an important person who have a lot of knowledge?? Noo you don’t have anything.

[@Ricangelo]

The question here, is it mildly affordable? If it's not, then it's just another Dubai or Beverly Hills.

[@fancyfree8228]

It’s Elysium in fucking Saudi Arabia.

[@duckbizniz663]

There are four experts commenting on NEOM. These are "experts" in what? Michio Kaku's is a Professor of Theoretical Physics from the US. That is good. If he is who he says he is then we have someone who will ask questions based on reason and logic. The biggest challenge for a city is getting food into a confined area. Urban centers have been limited throughout human history because farms need a lot of land to grow food and then we have to ship it to the center of cities. That requires the Industrial Revolution to transport food from agricultural areas into urban centers with a lot of people. This transportation is power by engines and motors which are fueled by coal, petroleum, or diesel. Will a line city make that easier or harder? A line city will force people to spread out and increase the distance for food transportation. So you need more energy to transport food to the entire city just because it is so spread out along a line. Where will the energy come from? The commentators claim NEOM will satisfy its energy needs with 100% renewable energy. Really? Is that possible? Saudi Arabia is one giant desert. A desert does not have sufficient water or any water for that matter. In fact, the Arabian Peninsula cannot sustain civilization because there is not enough water for agriculture. 5000 years ago the ancient Egyptian people of the Nile created one of the earliest civilization. They had the Nile and a reliable source of water for agriculture. And the Ancient Egyptians build the 3 pyramids on the Giza plateau 4700 years ago with no Industrial Revolution. Their neighbor, the people of the Arabian Peninsula, did not build a civilization. They were nomadic, desert wonderers. Nomadic people cannot build civilizations. Any person who has studied anthropology knows you must have a reliable access to a lot of water for agriculture. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization. The commentators claim that they will use desalination to make fresh water (seawater with salt removed). How much energy will you need to make fresh water? Can "clean, green, renewable energy" satisfy the need for desalination, let alone power an entire city? I am not an expert, but what these commentators are claiming is very difficult. If Saudi Arabia use all the petroleum it produces, keep that petroleum, not sell any of that petroleum, then that petroleum might be able to power NEOM. The only reason Saudi Arabians have modern conveniences is because they can trade their petroleum for the modern conveniences that have made their lives better. These modern conveniences are made by countries that are true modern civilizations. When Saudi Arabia use the money (instrument of trade) it makes from petroleum then Saudi Arabians can enjoy the fruits of modern civilizations. So far this NEOM project is questionable. It does not seem any of the commentators asked any reasonable question about NEOM.

[@simonl7784]

0:15 "All the learning from other cities" No1 City building rule: Choose an environment that will provide the city with basic needs like a water supply and proximity to arable land for producing food. You want to compete with Dubai it seems; looks like you'll soon beat them at the world's biggest abandoned worksite.

[@NP1066]

Didn't expect Michio Kaku to jump on to this

[@vanillalatte5227]

From a social and economic standpoint, I am wondering how The Line will run its government and the price of real estate. There are so many questions that I'm wondering. But these two are the prominent ones.

[@leob6]

How are they going to select which people are getting the privilege to live there? What's an apartment going to cost? Logistics, how's it gonna work? The more you think about it, the more questions, the less answers ... really wondering if there's any chance of this going anywhere at all :)

[@shahnazparveen7532]

Inequality is the only thing to stop our progress and I am glad this living civilization is amazing and every country must take the leap towards the new pattern of infrastructure development.

[@slametteguh3931]

from broad to narrow area. I think it will make life more stressful. we need more space and not too compact

[@aurfeliasm9791]

I'd love to see how the finished product differs from what they are promising.

[@jsmr451]

@@Antony..24 What are you even talking about.

[@jsmr451]

@@Antony..24 Why wouldn't you able to? Who's they? Why would you have to walk '150 miles' (who uses miles in the 21 century??)to the 'next city'? Or any city? Take transport. Or a car? Are you feeling ok?

[@araucano2007]

​@@Antony..24que comentario tan absurdo 😂😂

[@mqultra5150]

Michio saying "I''m sold"😂 more like," I bought" Cash that check

[@amazingartifacts]

The fact that he was talking about equality in Saudi Arabia is laughable… I literally couldn’t believe that was even mentioned

[@Nawaf-]

@@amazingartifacts YOU have been brainwashed immensely. Wake up. Hater bigot. How many homeless around your neighborhood? How many people can’t afford basic needs like health and education in your neighborhood? In Saudi. These problems do not exist. Literally. 0. Zero. The Line is a big step beyond that. Of course. Someone like you cannot even fathom such things. But whatever. Oh btw. I’m Saudi and openly gay. Dare to say I get beheaded. I dare you. Brainwashed fool

[@theoneandonlyhabib37]

@@amazingartifacts why tho

[@moinyp]

They will waste ten of millions of dollars, and then abandon it. The people who are involved in this crazy project know very well that it can’t be done, but they are willing to go along as long as they are getting paid. Even if we assume that somehow they will figure out how to, in fact, build this “city”, the structure will have a devastating impact on some the species in that area (e.g. camels, birds, insects, etc.), which defies the very purpose of the project.

[@user-um3db7jk1v]

The first phase of the line project will end in 2030

[@AWMedicine2000]

How The Line is going to deal with: Earth quakes. Floods. Virus Pandemics. Asteroids. Wars. Cyperattacks. And how people who live in the line are going to communicate with the surrounding world and their desire of exploration for what exist around them, or may be the line is just a new big prison for humanity.

[@theboycalledub]

How The Line is going to deal with: Earth quakes. Floods. Virus Pandemics. Asteroids. Wars. Cyperattacks?? ----Just like other cities

[@andrekemp5059]

I have the same feeling about this. MOUSE TRAP. Summerian Babylon is rising agen.

[@wellytms4713]

@@theboycalledub 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏼

[@theoneandonlyhabib37]

We have no natural disasters here in Saudi Arabia 😅

[@ws3454]

It's not a prison. There are trains as well as car parking on the outskirts of the city. You can go out and go to neighboring cities and regions, take a walk outside, and then return to your home. It is a city like any other, but in a different shape

[@saimandebbarma]

Even kaku is confused & not feeling confident about it coz there is a huge risk involved & in all this politics either positive or negetive will be there coz its in our nature! The tension or the stress of this huge projects are reflecting clear on their faces that how serious it is. So much pressure except kaku 🤫. He is like ok whatever will see !😊☝️🙏

[@beingdagur]

he is paid well. he will keep quiet

[@saimandebbarma]

@@beingdagur That's why I call this kind of people, poor soul for a reason sometimes! ☝️

[@rikiyvettewestmorelandofficial]

I'm currently watching and my first thought in seeing some of the design is wondering what this experience will feel like for those personalities out here of us who are more of a wanderlust spirits who like to explore big broad things and places and also working that way via well traveling. I'll continue watching and see what else comes up but I am curious about this aspect.

[@chiragjobanputra1]

The most important and fundamental design decisions is to have a 3 dimensional city! As most cities are 2 dimensional with elevated 3D structures in the form of buildings. The idea is to design a cube that can provide quick access to maximum distance x density! The idea is great and worth the experiment. But the architects forgot the importance of space dimensions. A city that is isolated from environment can have negative impact on human physiology.

[@FarisAl-Said]

I’m just wondering how people will build buildings. If its all planned what happens when units have to be demolished? Or when someone wants to make a bigger building.

[@Lionsparkttv]

That's a good question hahaha, Will they keep extending the line or make more lines

[@Lionsparkttv]

I imagine this is like a ship that doesn't moves. There is a limited quantity of people, houses, stores, etc..

[@FarisAl-Said]

@@Lionsparkttv then that would mean the economic activity potential of the city is much more limited than a typical city

[@phreakydad]

you will probably own nothing in at a personal level. At the most you will lease. Imagine Singapore but with stricter rules

[@FarisAl-Said]

@@phreakydad good one, haven't even thought of Singapore, you're right it would probably be something like singapore

[@noneyerbz0072]

How do you get sunlight to the bottom floors of a 500mtr high rectangle?. The ground floors will be very dark unless illuminated by electrcity and that wont solve for zero greenery on the lower floors. The top floors will be a massive premium. Also wonder how they will deal with airdraft issues.

[@KeenyNewton]

What does Dr. Michiu Kaku have to do with The Line. He is amazing scientist and astrophysicist. But what the value add here?

[@theoneandonlyhabib37]

He is a futurist.

[@tbinyt]

@3:35 its a box. you cannot see outside..?

[@xxbb18]

You can

[@TheLobstersoup]

This concept is already outdated, not the line itself, but the interior spaces. People don't need shops, everything is on their phone. They don't need extensive walkways and pseudo-romantic scenery. Those can be projected or printed and the space can be used. All this water in the enclosed structure will just lead to massive humidity problems and you also don't want to fix a leaking pipe in that chaos. Plus it makes claims of sustainability look like nonsense. Next, there is the issue of them always showing the top of the line (excuse the pun), but everything 50+ meters below the top would be artificially lit and not look nearly as pretty. So, the deeper we go, the cheaper it gets? Or what is the philosophy of lving in the line? Also, why don't they bury it 200m, and only build up part of the way? It's not like anyone is going to be able to look outside anyway.

[@caudillogm01]

Will this line disrupt animal migration and habitats on the ground? What is the solution to this?

[@skuuvatakis]

I can't wait to see the first slum.

[@n3zukooo723]

I'm excited

[@thepeskytraveller3870]

"I think what The Line does is that it creates an equality, which we've rarely seen before around the world, providing equal healthcare to all the residents that live on The Line, equal access to education, higher education..." - Salwa Alkhudairi, NEOM Senior Architect & Urban Planner How?

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

Equality? Really? How???

[@thepeskytraveller3870]

@@T0MT0Mmmmymy thoughts exactly.

[@davida9027]

Like many I am interested in the possibilities. Like many I came here expecting some genuine discussion as to the "why, how, when" of this project. I didn't realize until 2/3 through the video that this is just a commercial for it.

[@angelaursula6553]

Draw horizontal line 2 cms across and 5 cms height, imagine built up areas either side of the lines how exactly will daylight get into the areas of this space, if you want to live in artificial light most of the time it will be perfect for you.

[@knowwhattodo2625]

I wish you all the best for “THE LINE” project, a revolutionary and visionary urban living concept that will transform the desert into a sustainable and human-centric megacity. I am so excited to see this amazing project come to life and to visit it one day after it is done. I hope you will enjoy the benefits of living in a zero-carbon, zero-waste and zero-emission city that runs on 100% renewable energy and preserves 95% of nature. I can’t wait to see how you will create new wonders for the world with “THE LINE” project!

[@rioluna6058]

how are they gonna mke live sustainable in the dessert when temperatures while only rise , this year el niño is in the pacific. the saudies will soon have 50c temperature meaning they will live all their lives inside bunkers... no thanks :) , the world is dying we all gonna suffer but the middle east is the first in line ,,(pund intended :))

[@jofresivilla4466]

This about renewable energy will be true when it is in operation, but building it can be an environmental crime: And it is that to make this construction they will emit a quantity of emissions never seen in any other construction and the same with the waste, you will never be able to compensate for the destruction you will have done to the planet. The director of the Sydney School of the Environment estimated that its construction would cause 1.8 billion tonnes of CO2, equivalent to the annual emissions of approximately 782 million cars.

[@Sydwiz9999]

I think they're very aware of this, building this is probably their only choice at trying to make living there as sustainable as possible @@rioluna6058

[@TheArchitect101]

If the line becomes right, then it’s a milestone in humanity. An evolution from a cave to a tent to a box building and now a new definition!

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

A millstone of stupidity of humanity.

[@lucysnowe31]

Yes, a prison!

[@sarimira]

My questions are: how does the line address housing and community inequality? Can a middle class family afford to live there comfortably? Can lower income people live there?! Where does the working class that's going to be working in the service industry there (cafes, groceries, supply chains, public transportation, educators, etc.) live to commute to the Line?

[@parkjonathan818]

A Neom City project should be a special city. Living in Neom City will allow people to stay young. There is a very special device in the air that the people of Neome City breathe, and it helps them to live younger and healthier. If your life is worth more, come to Neome City. It will help you to stay younger. Defy Time Neome City!

[@AM_Influencer]

How you cope with natural disasters like EARTHQUAKE or Plane Crash or Floods or Tsunami or Hurricanes or Glass Crash?

[@theoneandonlyhabib37]

We have no natural disasters here in Saudi Arabia 😅

[@Trostat]

I see the Future, I see the ambition, the drive, the vision. Insha'Allah this will be groundbreaking reality! A story is in the making and may we all live to see it become a reality!

[@armaanchowdhury1690]

​@@Twiceonasundayevery city is man made. So is every city ungodly?

[@theawesomepie1266]

​@armaanchowdhury1690 no, just that a line is fucking stupid, I mean any other shape would meet the basic needs this wants to do but better, a triangle or a circle with less carbon footprint. What about if a part of the city gets bombed? Or something isn't kept up, if one part of the city falls down it risks other parts of the city to fall with it. A line is so fucking idiotic

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

It will become a nightmare to transport everything along one line!!! And where will the trucks go to transport all the poo?

[@eexpandingawayy]

So how hot is the ground outside of this thing gonna get the with sun reflecting off these giant mirrors all day? It’s like a magnifying glass over the earth

[@maxJnrPille]

and 100 levels below is where the drudges live....the ones who keep the city moving

[@monosodiumglutemate8216]

For those who don't know, Dr. Michiu Kaku is a legendary ASTRO physicist with his own documentaries discussing how to turn technologies from Sci fi movies into reality. You hsould check it out to understand why he is interested with Neom.

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

But he is not an architect or knows about urban development, so he's just a stupid person in a commercial.

[@adicahya]

I like the concept. But I still have concerns about how wild animals move through the line .. are they going to be separated by the line ?

[@DUBDUB511]

Wild animals? You ever been to a desert?

[@adicahya]

@@DUBDUB511 no ... But i Saw them in Line's own KZbin video. And what I know is that desert still has wild animals, not an empty lifeless place

[@DUBDUB511]

@adicahya critters and small animals do not need to migrate

[@wellytms4713]

More than 30% of the distance of Saudi Arabia is protected areas where construction is not carried out. And the percentage will increase in the future.

[@selpyar8230]

I'm on board with every other factors except for sunlight. How will the buildings or apartments near ground level get sunlight consider the fact that you can't have windows on wall's side.

[@alexclazx]

This line "Our challenges on THE LINE are not to eliminate the bad stuff because that's already not there. I think our challenges are always how to make it better." makes me burst out laughing. What a self-helping thought 🤣

[@jubonju]

How much sunshine will get into this community as compared to walking out in the streets of what exist in present cities? I don't think this will fail. I think it could actually work and where there are no cars and people begin to walk more, people can be come healthy or regain or improve their health. My take is that this is a major experiment to look at how to conserve land based on population growth. Organize living in more controlled space. I see this systematically growing to other countries as land will be reclaimed and these cities built. A better town planning system to use land sparingly as population grows. There is still time and expansion for population expansion, but this is a timely moment to begin planning.

[@myztroogeegibson3568]

How much sun rays will be frying every organism around it. There's something fishy about this project in hiding something we don't know... $1 trillion for and artificial border?

[@ramonpijning3297]

This is a very ambitious project, with the potential to change the way we live. There are some questions that pop up in my mind though. Since everything will be in walking distance, I'm really curious about how people with a physical disability would get around. Probably a simple answer though, but I haven't heard of any measurements taken for this group. I'm also curious about the climate and nature. For example, it doesn't seem like an artificial park within the line, within this 'boxed off environment' would have the same effect on people as a natural park in open air would have. Would an artificial park within the line stimulate people as much to go 'outside' and be active? I'm also curious about weather. For example, if it would rain, how would the people at the bottom of the line notice? I agree it's not nice to walk in the rain, but complete absence of different types of weather, i wonder how that effects people. And will there be a passive way to ventilate the line on scorching hot days? Also, safety and emergency services. Since there won't be room for cars, only public transport (as far as i'm aware). How will emergency services get to specific locations quickly and efficiently? I'm also curious about fire safety. In case of a fire, will there be enough precautions as to prevent quick and wildly spread fires? Since everything seems connected this looks like a serious recipe for disaster. And whose lives will be sustainable here? This seems like a city only livable for those who are rich and wealthy. How does the average household, or even the less fortunate households fit into this living environment? Which jobs will still be available and which would fall away? It seems to me that a lot of construction jobs, other than maintenance work would fall away. Architects, urban planners, you name it. And what jobs would be created for this specific living environment?

[@SalemTarek8421]

I'd say civil engineering: environmental engineering and mechanical engineering: renewable energy and sustainability will rise and petroleum engineering will fall(nah it will probably be used to live in mars as Elon musk said), and for the other questions: everything will be automated and artificially made, this is my "theory" as a mechanical engineering student

[@ladgonemad]

Another great structure which will be built by Indian people in the middle east. Hindustan Zindabad!

[@thebellcurve3437]

No cars? Okay but what about delivery vehicles? Or emergency services like ambulance and fire and such? Surely they need vehicles to transport people, so this Line City _will_ have vehicles, just not for citizens. Also: celebrities and multi-millionaire CEOs don't want to sit in public transit next to average people, they will want exclusivity and privacy. How will that be done without vehicles? Private train cars?

[@camelliam.4235]

CEO's won't live on the line :)

[@Alderite]

This would be an innovative challenge for the next decades to come. But I would give this project a support for the progress of our civilization

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

This is a shitty progress.

[@YasinHasan]

this will be in so many movies, like burj khalifa

[@user-oo2hf4wc2i]

بالتأكيد 👌🏻👍🏻🇸🇦

[@Sommervillle]

They still haven’t figured out how to avoid the line creating hot death zones for wild life. The outside is a mirror to bouncing the light away but it also creates a death zone where the heat is concentrated that will kill any wild small wildlife.

[@mahmut123456]

I’ll need a lot of lines before I start liking this idea.

[@ajpthegreek]

Simply amazing 💚!

[@InfoSopher]

Why don't you open source this project so that people from all over the world can introduce ideas and designs into it in a modular fashion? And please finally give us a professional outsider analysis of the transportation systems of The Line. This project will rise and fall with the efficiency of its transportation systems.

[@brianre6595]

The UK, China, Russia and France and other countries are. It is really a global plan for Dictatorship. To keep people in 1 centralized place To control the people. Like they were doing with covid. This will be on a global scale.

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

Because its the stupid idea of egocentric sheiks.

[@skfaieq]

people may feel they were living in a huge shopping mall. Really it seems like that. What about sky,moon and sun. How can we fix our eays in a limited space. After some days peoples will fell claustrophobic for sure. Definitely line will break wild life migration.

[@pigpig7015]

Few people need to live there

[@christian9365]

Amazing, just breath taking. best wishes from germany

[@talal1565]

Thanks man, I'm working there and I can say it's like a dream coming true.

[@christian9365]

@@talal1565 sounds great. i hope you´ll stay healthy and save at your work.

[@stompingzebra1161]

@@talal1565 Do you know a good place to get recent pics and videos of construction? I would like to follow the construction progress. The scale of these excavations is simply breathtaking!

[@Axtnr]

Thanks christian 🙏

[@theoneandonlyhabib37]

Thanks I hope we can see you here in the future

[@YDGFX]

It's so easy to be critical of this future city at first glance, though once you get to see how it really looks inside, man am I going to definitely try visiting this place and maybe even try living in it in'Sha'Allah.

[@jdubya3055]

It is a high tech ant farm for peasants, so the technocrats can monitor & control your every move & purchase. They are selling it as positive. It is not.

[@noah-ni3ee]

Good luck. I will stay with my round cities where I actually can walk to places and dont have to travel for long hours

[@playboiYams]

Here is the reality tho: neither you or anybody can afford to live here. Think of as a personified poverty “LINE” 🤣🤣🤣. No pun intended. But this place will serve as a gated community in a way for the ultra rich. Rich people love exclusivity. This isn’t for you or me brother.

[@humbertothebeliever2443]

A new vision of rich peoples future because for sure no middle class or lower class will be able to afford living there.

[@manikachhabra8055]

Nobody is talking about disaster management and waste management? Whats happens if a fire breaks out? It would be so easy for fire to spread and engulf a city which is linear. Where are the industries going to be? Can your city survive without that? And if industries are going to be on the two end of the city, for instance- how would that be running on zero carbon emissions model? Industries for manufacturing the clothes that people living in this linear city would need, who grows the food and how?

[@yojimbo3681]

My question is if they can fit a football stadium or a concert arena in there? And how will they manage the noise pollution? I believe they can do it, just a matter of design and engineering.

[@MyMovie5858]

I am guessing eventually, something will need to be built outside of the Line to accommodate large group activities, such as stadiums or airports.

[@schloops8473]

and energy sources as the line will not be able to suffice to itself and then other suff and then you basically have the same concentric growth of cities we witnessed in the medieval times as they outgrew the walls :D @@MyMovie5858

[@Sydwiz9999]

Yeah i'm wondering about the noise pollution too, it would be hard to live in a place that sounded like a giant crowded mall 24/7

[@Woguy_]

if you do the research, a football stadium will already fit in Neom, the Neom line isn't that thin... The stadium design would include sound-absorbing materials, allowing entertainment while protecting neighborhoods from disturbance.

[@JohnPritzlaff]

Yes it is wide enough to accomodate either.