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Saudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojects (www.ft.com)

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[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Neom. What do you think they are doing? They don't have to go to 218M but why shouldn't they? Whoever manages to have the next level of urban density first will dominate innovation and attract the brightest minds.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know if shiny infrastructure alone will attract bright minds.

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It won't. There is also no guarantee that they will succeed. But I believe that they are trying.