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it wouldn't need nearly as much infrastructure and innovation to house 6,000 compared to 8,000,000. it is not in any way comparable in scale
by ptah 7y ago
it wouldn't need nearly as much infrastructure and innovation to house 6,000 compared to 8,000,000. it is not in any way comparable in scale
- petewailes 7y agoIt's a simile, that it's a simile is obvious, and you know that that's the case. No-one is reasonably going to expect that the Canaanites literally built an NYC. Don't be persnickety.
- liveoneggs 7y agopretty obvious he was talking about the global relevancy of the restaurant and theater scene; not like he expected ancient subways!
- pesmhey 7y agoInnovation relative to what had come before it is equally impressive. Gotta crawl before you walk, and its a marvel how babies somehow learn to do it.
- bakuninsbart 7y agoYou would at least need: - A constant agrictultural surplus being able to support a city of this size. - A political system with some form of taxation and probably a kind of military and/or police. - A construction and manufacturing industry. This is all really basic stuff for a modern society, but we only got here, because we built on giants.