More than 20,000 Chinese residents live in this staggering concrete behemoth.
The massive complex contains, among other things, swimming pools, supermarkets, barbershops, beauty salons, and cafés.
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The structure is, first and foremost, a testament to the enormous capabilities of the Chinese superpower, which manages the world's largest population in an impressive fashion.
But it also offers a rather unsettling glimpse into the future.
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A population growing at an exponential rate.
To grasp the chilling significance of this fact, consider the following scenario:
Before us is a container holding a single bacterium.
The bacterium clones itself, doubling every minute.
At 10:01 it replicates for the first time, and by 11:00 the container is completely full of bacteria.
What percentage of the container is full 2 minutes before 11:00?
The answer is just 25%!
Even though 75% of the container is still empty, one minute later it will already be half full — and the minute after that, it will be completely full.
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By some estimates, from 1500 to 1800 (300 years), the world's population grew by roughly half a billion people.
From 2011 to 2022 (11 years), the world's population grew by approximately one billion people.
The realistic future holds in store for coming generations a life packed into vast, teeming hives like this Chinese example — and we can already spot the warning signs today in the endless traffic jams on Ayalon.
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