Niohman the Line: The Future of Architecture

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"I highly doubt that this will actually, you know, come to fruition," he says. "This is just a huge land grab and they're basically displacing a bunch of tribesmen in order to get this going." The whole thing is paid for by oil money; it's the perfect intersection of BS essentially what's going on in like the entire world, unfortunately. 'You don't buy when they were clearing a hundred and fifty kilometer line of dirt in the desert last year'

Paris Marx is joined by Kate Wagner to discuss the goals behind Saudi Arabia’s architectural megaprojects, the incentives for major architects to work on projects for despotic regimes, and how architecture’s relationship to tech is driven by profits and PR.

Kate Wagner is an architecture critic and journalist. She’s also the creator of McMansion Hell. Follow Kate on Twitter at @mcmansionhell.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

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