If you are very wealthy and could live anywhere in the world, why would you choose to live in a shopping mall in a desert?
Consulting McKinsey is always a good sign of 100% project success
the most annoying thing about NEOM is that it has distracted the world from my own megaproject: doing the dishes and vacuuming my bedroom but not the living room
NGL, I'm a bit thrown by Patrick's new, super casual look. Lounging on a couch with his suit jacket unbuttoned? Who even is this guy?!
Patrick, I heard Saudi Arabias Crown Prince has invited you to their embassy in Istanbul to further discuss you criticism. Such a great honor!
"Is significantly higher than the standard wild vanity project rate of negative infinity" chef's kiss
PATRICK, DO NOT ACCEPT THE INVITATION TO THE CONSULATE DINNER! DON'T GO PATRICK!
I see they solved the biggest problem, the total lack of resources in the area: Now they have a hole they can throw money into.
Man, it hurts to hear that even Blackberry realized having Keys on their phone wasn’t going to work out.
If Minecraft has taught me anything, it's that digging a hole provides all the materials for building the structure. So yeah, definitely the hardest part is done.
Mathematically, it's the least efficient shape for a city possible. So that's nice
I don’t know why, but I feel like this video is what happens when you see Patrick at the airport and ask him what he’s been thinking about. lol
Saudi Arabia is an economist content farm.
McKinsey was cooking the books of the project!? No way, I'll be damned!
"It's the kind of document people can point to in meetings but nobody really reads beyond the table of contents". That description paints a beautifully accurate (and painful) image!
Waiting for this to go live. I have no doubt that this video will be as glowingly positive and warmly supportive as your last treatment of this subject.
So pleased to see Patrick still ver enthusiastic about this project. You can really feel his confidence in the whole thing.
"No room for anything traditional" had already been achieved since "no room" of any kind was built in any planned cities so far.
Patrick closes the video with, "a McKinsey spokesperson denied any allegations of wrongdoing and told the Wall Street Journal that 'the company has strict protocols to prevent conflicts of interest in their engagements," having decided, correctly, that he didn't even need a punch line to follow that one.
@PBoyle