{"id":213551,"date":"2025-05-08T09:03:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/cities-of-the-future-megacities-arcologies-and-floating-utopias"},"modified":"2025-05-08T09:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:03:38","slug":"cities-of-the-future-megacities-arcologies-and-floating-utopias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/cities-of-the-future-megacities-arcologies-and-floating-utopias","title":{"rendered":"Cities of the Future \u2014 Megacities, Arcologies, and Floating Utopias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mLkWSLKa-pM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In tomorrow\u2019s world, cities may rise into the clouds, dive beneath oceans, or float among the stars\u2014join us as we journey through these radical urban frontiers.<\/p>\n<p>Watch my exclusive video Antimatter Propulsion: Harnessing the Power of Annihilation \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/isaacarthur-\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/isaacarthur\u2013<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur<\/a>.<br \/> Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/lifetime?ref=isa\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/lifetime?ref=isa<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Use the link gift.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur to give a year of Nebula to a friend for just $30.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net\">http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net<\/a>.<br \/> Join Nebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur<\/a>.<br \/> Support us on Patreon: \/ isaacarthur.<br \/> Support us on Subscribestar: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-a\">https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-a<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Facebook Group: \/ 1583992725237264<br \/> Reddit: \/ isaacarthur.<br \/> Twitter: \/ isaac_a_arthur on Twitter and RT our future content.<br \/> SFIA Discord Server: \/ discord.<br \/> Credits:<br \/> Cities of the Future.<br \/> Episode 498; May 8, 2025<br \/> Written, Produced &amp; Narrated by: Isaac Arthur.<br \/> Edited by: Briana Brownell &amp; Thomas Owens.<br \/> Graphics: Bryan Versteeg, Ervin Oprea, Ken York YD Visual, Sergio Botero.<br \/> Select imagery\/video supplied by Getty Images.<br \/> Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound <a href=\"http:\/\/epidemicsound.com\/creator\">http:\/\/epidemicsound.com\/creator<\/a>.<br \/> Chris Zabriskie, \\<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In tomorrow\u2019s world, cities may rise into the clouds, dive beneath oceans, or float among the stars\u2014join us as we journey through these radical urban frontiers. Watch my exclusive video Antimatter Propulsion: Harnessing the Power of Annihilation \u2014 https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/isaacarthur\u2013\u2026 Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur. Get a Lifetime Membership [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-arts","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}