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		drbrugen 12 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Coming War on General Computation (2011) They invented self-healing concrete far superior to anything we use today and it took us 2000 years to realize we’re really smart morons. Romans built things to last, we build it to crumble. https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-cas...
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KPGv2 8 hours ago [–]

> Romans built things to last

and yet, all of it has crumbled despite the copious availability of slave labor at construction time

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