How Death & Rewilding Will Reshape Our Cities

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With buzz building around “the city of the future,” everyone’s talking about smart cities run by big data. But is that really the future we want? Backslash explores how an obsession with wellness will reshape where and how we live. As we look to forge healthier relationships with spaces and places, we’ll see movements like death wellness and urban rewilding lead a shift towards lifecycle living. From biodegradable burial pods and human composting to biophilic cities—we imagine a future city that isn’t defined by sensors and surveillance—but by the natural circle of life. What if true progress is actually a return to how we did things in the past?