What do you make of these pictures of lost, forgotten, or unknown technology? in what looks to be the late 1800s or so.
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I’ve been saying forever that there’s no way people in horse and buggy built the magnificent structures.
In what sense?
In the sense, if you look at some of the stone churches built in the 1800s, some of them are architecturally elaborate structures with stonework and built over the course of 1-2 years.
Where with modern technology and equipment, it might take 5 years to build a comparably sized concrete and steel box.
Does mean you think that had more than just horses and buggies?
It would seem that way, but not necessarily. It could be as simple as technologies that exist(ed) and were regulated out of existence. It could be increased laziness/lower creativity... there are multiple variations on bikes/scooters there that each look as though they were put together by different minds, which implies that people were better able to understand machinery to a greater extent than people today. Let's say you were to make one of those bikes; you either buy the parts separately (frame, motor, gears, chains, etc) and piece them together or you'd need to buy the materials in a closer to raw form and either possess or have access to welding gear, etc. the investment in tools can relatively quickly get into the 10's of thousands of dollars.