Buried in Manure: 1890s Urban PlanningA sanitation nightmare erased by new technology.

From the show

Historically Bad Advice

Technological leaps can make today's 'unsolvable' crises irrelevant. In the late 19th century, experts predicted cities like London would be buried under horse waste. The world's best minds saw no solution to the millions of pounds of manure generated daily. The problem wasn't solved by better planning, but was rendered obsolete by the unforeseen arrival of the automobile, offering a powerful lesson in the limits of prediction and the power of innovation.