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Another Smart-City Utopia Proposes a Shortcut to Self-Driving Cars

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This proposed "equitism" sounds aspirational. The transportation pods, zero-landfill, and sustainable-energy plans all seem technologically feasible. I worry that finding humans today with the altruism, will, and ability to administer the endowment Lore envisions will be more difficult than achieving those desert food-production and water-use goals. While we understand the appeal of a clean-slate approach to experiment, surely the wealthy can find ways of investing and contributing in our broader society that isn't holed off from the rest of the world. But at least Telosa sounds way nicer than The Line.