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Hm. The pyramids were an architectural and supply chain genius stroke considering when they were made. It also took fantastic human sacrifice to achieve that. O
by komali2 6y ago
Hm. The pyramids were an architectural and supply chain genius stroke considering when they were made. It also took fantastic human sacrifice to achieve that. One world trade center was built with the assistance of trains and semi trucks brining ore to smelters and steel to the construction site, electricity, cranes etc.
Minus the slavery, have we really expended that much human effort and equivalent wealth and time on something in the modern era? The only thing I can think of is Free software products, shit like Linux.
- TrevorFancher 6y agoThis is only tangentially related, but because you are all leaning on this pyramid analogy so hard, I thought I would mention that many scholars now believe the pyramids to have been built by some type of salaried (and very skilled) labor. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramid_construction_techniques https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramid_constructio...
- maroonblazer 6y agoThe Large Hadron Supercollider?
- Const-me 6y agoPretty sure Appolo or Space Shuttle both were more expensive projects than the pyramids, even adjusted for inflation.