Anyone who has visited Saudi Arabia in recent years hears one thing and one thing only from the locals: "Project 2030" or "Vision 2030". The goal of the vision, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is to reduce the Saudis' almost complete dependence on oil by diversifying the country's sources of income. Among other things, the Saudis are investing in entertainment, sports, government efficiency, and innovative infrastructure projects. The largest infrastructure project of all is called NEOM and has been allocated no less than $500 billion. NEOM is a massive space being built in the Saudi desert and includes several sub-projects, chief among them The Line, "the line", a futuristic city expected to stretch from the Red Sea along the Saudi desert, in the shape of a line - a straight line that doesn't even have a single curve. According to the plans, "the line" is expected to house no fewer than 9 million residents. There is nothing normal about "the line", a city that is supposed to rely on a series of innovative technologies, some of which, critics claim, don't even exist, and already now there are those who claim that "the line" is one of the most wasteful, insane and unsuccessful ventures since the attempt to build the Tower of Babel. This is the story of "the line", the pyramid project of the 21st century.

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