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Yeah why did the Roman empire not advance into electricity/steam power? All the precursor elements were there such as metalworking. Did they just not have a n
by foobarian 4y ago
Yeah why did the Roman empire not advance into electricity/steam power? All the precursor elements were there such as metalworking. Did they just not have a network of smart nobles with leisure time to tinker? Are universities required for that? Referring to likes of Newton, Leibniz, Faraday, Maxwell, etc.
- bufferout 4y agoOne theory is that the abundance of slave labour disincentivised any real push towards automation. That said, they did have massive water mill complexes for grinding grain.