NEOM - Saudi Arabia's New Futuristic City.
At a Futurism conference held in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia this week, It was announced that Saudi Arabia has plans set in motion to build it's "City of the Future"
Called "Neom".
Neom, the brainchild of 32 year old prince Mohammed bin Salman, is being touted as the world's most technological advanced city and technology hub of the world once complete. It will be strategically located bordering Jordan, Israel and Egypt , connecting to Egypt with A Bridge over the red sea.
70 percent of the world's population will be within an 8 hour flight of the city.
Mohammed bin Salman said:
"We will build the city from scratch, it will accomodate drones and be a hub for the development of robotics and AI. We aim to create something different. Neom will be a place for dreamers who want to create something new in the world, something extraordinary."
Neom's business zone will be around 10 thousand square miles around 20 percent larger than NYC and aims to fully run from Solar and Wind technology, Further diversifying the countries intrests away from oil, where they made their fortune and leading it into the futures new cash cow... Data and Technology.
Saudi Arabia is also holding one of the world's Biggest blockchain conferences this week and it is said that Blockchain will play a vital role in the new futuristic City.
All this coming out just months after Saudi Arabia stated it will be the leader in AI, autonomation, robotics and tech, and has been rapidly moving away from oil and the Petro Dollar and heavily investing in silicon valley tech intrests.
Meanwhile, most of the West is busy arguing about political correctness and politics, while middle East and Asia are moving into position to take lead in the futuristic move forward...
Interesting times...
Sources:
www.theaustralian.com
https://www.trunews.com/article/saudi-arabia-plans-500b-city-of-the-future
Big grandiose announcement. Look at me !!! What percent of the citizens of Saudi will really benefit? Will the entire city be owned by the Royal family?
Maybe a few small changes like private property rights and cutting out radical terrorist cancer would have bigger and longer term impacts.
But will women be allowed to drive on its roads ... or walk the streets unnaccompanied by a male chaperone?
Knowing them probly not, although one spokesman said they will be alot more relaxed on laws than the rest of the country and the city will accomodate all religion's, maybe they have worked out that there oppressive stance doesnt appeal to the masses around the world..
Exactly. The rulers of KSA follow an evil, distorted sect of Islam called wahabism. They are funding terrorism across the globe and are responsible for the destruction of Syria (along with their US/NATO allies). I hope their futuristic $648 billion futuristic city crumbles into the Red Sea.
OK rant over. I feel better now.
Two excellent replies. I hardly knew which to upvote, LOL
Ha, just noticed I commented twice. I was having speed issues on Steemit and comments were taking an extremely long time to load.
Exactly. The rulers of KSA follow an evil, distorted sect of Islam called wahabism. They are funding terrorism across the globe and are responsible for the destruction of Syria (along with their US/NATO allies). I hope their futuristic $648 billion futuristic city crumbles into the Red Sea.
OK rant over. I feel better now.
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Very interesting I like the idea, would be nice to see some of the western countries taking this approach. Would be the perfect city if the people were also going to be able to live freely in it :)