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Dubai is far more architecturally impressive than London, New York, or Los Angeles. Now compare their city GDPs. That was kind of my point. Some degree of exce
by api 2y ago
Dubai is far more architecturally impressive than London, New York, or Los Angeles. Now compare their city GDPs. That was kind of my point.
Some degree of excess wealth is clearly a necessary condition for large scale stone monument construction, but the inverse doesn't hold. A society could have a lot of excess wealth and lack any cult, state mandate, or other construct to drive stone monument building.
- detourdog 2y agoThe problem with Dubai is that it won’t have the staying power that Egypt or even Rome boasts. It’s definitely tied to economics. I think the big difference is that today our values are different and are monuments refl ct the difference.