Could Earth be home to a trillion people, or even more? We'll explore if we can do this with current technology, what future technologies would help, and what such a planet-wide city, an Ecumenopolis, might be like.

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Can we have a Trillion People on Earth?

Episode 229a, March 15, 2020

Writers:

Isaac Arthur

Editors:

Berindeanu Cosmin

Evan Schultheis

Darius Said

Derek Hightower

Dillon Ollander

Jerry Guern

Keith Blockus

Phonetic Failure

S. Kopperud

Timothy Burns

Produced & Narrated by:

Isaac Arthur

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Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana

Katie Byrne

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