It's interesting how that 1920 proposal for geometric federalism emerged. What if such a radical partioning had actually taken root? The implications are fascinating.
So much intriguing content here, thanks. But you write that technology is rarely lost. Is that really the case? I would have thought that the big counter-example in the West would be the vast corpus of Roman engineering/architectural know-how, which seems to have been so thoroughly lost that when Roman sites started to be (kind of) formally excavated in the 18th century, people had no idea what they were looking at - everything was a 'temple,' even the bath-houses and theatres. It wasn't until the 20th century that archaeologists were able to appreciate (e.g.) Roman mining tech. But I'm happy to be corrected if this is an overstatement or misapprehension.
Taiwan has very low car ownership per capita. The statistic cited is for motor vehicles, which makes sense because scooters are everywhere there.
Huh yeah that makes sense!
It's interesting how that 1920 proposal for geometric federalism emerged. What if such a radical partioning had actually taken root? The implications are fascinating.
So much intriguing content here, thanks. But you write that technology is rarely lost. Is that really the case? I would have thought that the big counter-example in the West would be the vast corpus of Roman engineering/architectural know-how, which seems to have been so thoroughly lost that when Roman sites started to be (kind of) formally excavated in the 18th century, people had no idea what they were looking at - everything was a 'temple,' even the bath-houses and theatres. It wasn't until the 20th century that archaeologists were able to appreciate (e.g.) Roman mining tech. But I'm happy to be corrected if this is an overstatement or misapprehension.