> At a 2017 conference, MBS illustrated his vision for Neom by comparing two phones. [...] a Nokia 215 phone next to a traditional city layout and an iPhone next to The Line’s vertical layout.

I think there is a lot to be learned just from this single vignette.

The guy bone saws journalists for fun, he’s definitely not playing with a full deck

Same deck as all of us, most likely, if raised from conception with absolutely no knowledge of limits or consequence.