Loukas Christodoulou on Nostr: The more I read about ancient and medieval engineering the less I like the ...
The more I read about ancient and medieval engineering the less I like the alternative fiction trope of "what if X had already invented X back then?"
Because if it could be invented, it probably had been. But it wasn't used.
If you rock up to a Roman senator and say "we could use enough firewood to keep your home heated for a year - and it'll do the work of ten extra slaves!!"
He'll just say "But then I'll get ten extra slaves."
Because if it could be invented, it probably had been. But it wasn't used.
If you rock up to a Roman senator and say "we could use enough firewood to keep your home heated for a year - and it'll do the work of ten extra slaves!!"
He'll just say "But then I'll get ten extra slaves."