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It's not "the development of the first global civilisation". It's the death of imagination and creativity. You'd think that for a place as varied and interesti
by troupo 3y ago
It's not "the development of the first global civilisation". It's the death of imagination and creativity.
You'd think that for a place as varied and interesting as Earth, you'd emerge with something that is as varied and interesting.
- kipchak 3y agoIt also seems like you would expect the practical considerations from environment and material availability to result in different looking buildings. For example pitched roofs and large windows in climates with lots of snow, or windcatchers, flat roofs, white paint and small windows in warmer places.
- CrimsonCape 3y agoMuch like the original post, the construction industry has an intimate understanding of the pricing of the plain box as a 'standard' and the non-plain box as a 'premium / luxury'. The resulting environment expresses bland uniformity as a standard cost and unqiueness as high-specialty luxury.