The new form of living is the “new village”.

 

In medieval times the city walls separated people who lived in the city from people, who lived outside the wall. There lived people who ever stepped out of the city. In that time people told stories that in the forests lived monsters who ate people. Sometimes mentally ill people are banished to the forests. But those walls created a feeling that the world outside the walls was hostile. That increased the city leader’s authority. When people believed that there were evil spirits in the forests around them, that thing made them easier to control. And the question is: are we returning to those kinds of cities? 

What if our future is that we would live our entire life in the same building? Things like artificial intelligence and virtual reality make it possible to make virtual trips to lands that are far away from the place where we live. We can simply open a solarium, take a VR system to our eyes, and then the AI-controlled system connects winds, sounds, and other things that we need to the space. The AI observes that we will not take too much radiation. 

The Saudi-Arabian mega project called “Neom”. That thing will be the most incredible megastructure in the world. That kind of thing brings the new types of village societies into the front of our eyes. The idea is that the system brings homes, all services, and workplaces under one dome. And in some visions, cities like New York will be covered with giant domes that should make the air comfortable every month. That thing brings the route to the ultimate segregation into the front of our eyes. That thing can look like a village society with idyllic things, like the ability to keep the T-shirt on every day. 

What happens if we ever leave that dome? Can that dome feel good? The fact is this: the dome turns into an entirety where we can live. We will never feel fresh air. All physical works are made with robots. And maybe we see the future as a thing where there are giant forests and there are giant domes there and here. That future is the thing that takes us to heaven and hellfire. The AI-controlled structure allows us to control each other. The place where we would live is safe. 

But there is also another side in that idyllic structure. That structure can turn into a prison. What if our leaders will use that thing against us? The dome allows people to control people simply by using the chemicals that are in the air. Or the leaders can use the air pumps to control air pressure. And as always: there is a chance to use that kind of system to steal people's lives and entirety. This dome can turn into the thing that brings the highest walls between people that have ever been made in history. But that kind of thing offers solutions that can also save nature. The city can use green energy as an example of energy production.