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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote in [community profile] metaquotes2017-09-06 03:07 am

[personal profile] siderea on the Netherlands

Has anybody else noticed the Dutch are gradually turning their entire country into one vast arcology? I anticipate that, eventually, they will finally deploy the nation-covering dome, light the buried booster rockets, and launch the entirety of the Netherlands into low earth orbit....

Context was responding to this article. (Also, do read the entire comment. You won't regret it.)
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[personal profile] jjhunter 2017-09-06 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
Both the comment & the article are fantastic reads - thank you for metaquoting!
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[personal profile] starandrea 2017-09-06 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
Loved both; thanks for sharing!
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[personal profile] siliconshaman 2017-09-06 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
I think Japan might be planning the same thing... have you seen some of the underground "flood defences" they've built?
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[personal profile] batrachian 2017-09-07 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
I am deeply pleased by this quote.

Also the bit where they're doing "okay, we can do this cool stuff with Modern Western Infrastructure and shitpiles of money, how do in places where that's not feasible?"
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[personal profile] wanted_a_pony 2017-09-07 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the links—I love the idea!