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Re:Why No Roman Industrial Revolution? by dventimi on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:24PM (#36914762)
How many revolutions was Rome supposed to have? Ok, it didn't have an industrial revolution or a computer revolution, but it obviously had dramatic advances in roads, warfare, law, and bureaucracy. Why isn't that enough?

Related question: why aren't we having technological revolutions now that will eventually occur in the far future? Surely, these will happen, so why are we coming up short?

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Re:Why No Roman Industrial Revolution? by The_Blade on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:36PM (#36914858)
and plumbing

Rome's uptime was likely better than the downtown Denver building i lived in (that shall remain nameless) turning off the building's water IN COVID during working hours twice a month

Diocletian had his issues but probably had 3 9's and his his team could shit shower and shave as they pleased

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