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When HBO recently canceled the science fiction TV drama Westworld, the saga about humanoid robots from a high-tech theme park came to an abrupt end. But for civil engineers, the vision of the future presented by Westworld is instructive, especially in the ways it compares and contrasts with ASCE's own look ahead: the Future World Vision initiative, in particular its Mega City 2070 portion. David J. Odeh, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, a principal at Odeh Engineers Inc., now part of WSP, has seen many episodes of the TV show, which ended in August after four seasons (though as of press time fans were petitioning HBO to continue the series). Odeh has also been deeply involved in the creation of the Future World Vision project and is a strong advocate of that effort. |