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I'm having trouble believing that American Tycoons created the dinosaur on the basis of this article. Except for the Carnegie Natural History Museum, no tycoons

I'm having trouble believing that American Tycoons created the dinosaur on the basis of this article. Except for the Carnegie Natural History Museum, no tycoons are named. But we're supposed to believe that tycoons felt the dinosaurs symbolized them in the evolutionary change in business and culture. That's an odd claim, but there's no evidence it extends from anything but the author's imagination. No substance! Edit: Oh, I see, it's an excerpt from a book about tycoons and dinosaurs. I guess the rest of the book builds the case.

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dmix 7y ago
> Their immense size and outlandish appearance all but ensured that dinosaurs would become a mass public spectacle. It seems the public is very similar to the tycoons in many respects... > Not only did dinosaurs reflect the obsession with all things big and powerful that prevailed at the time Was this really unique to the time? We've been building giant pyramidal altars then later skyscrapers and massive gardens and other. Even the ideologically modest churches built giant grand Cathedrals and church buildings. We're still seeing a popular boom in massive buildings and big things in general across Asia and the Middle East.
- hammock 7y ago
  >Was this really unique to the time? I think so. World's Fair comes to mind.