| ▲ | lenkite 3 days ago | |
We do lose technology and engineering practices and human mental techniques. It is not all that rare. Roman concrete, greek fire, Indian musical sound pillars, Inca Masonry, Stradivarius Violins, Damascus Steel (the ancient technique), Polynesian Wayfinding - there are dozens of such lost arts. | ||
| ▲ | pavel_lishin 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
The article explicitly talks about everything you've mentioned, except for the Indian musical sound pillars and Polynesian wayfinding. | ||
| ▲ | littlestymaar 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
It's much worse than this: for most lost technologies we don't even have a written trace of its existence. | ||