Could there have been an industrial revolution in Ancient Rome?
Added 2025-03-16 22:32:00 +0000 UTCThe more I thought I about this question, the more philosophical I got…
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Fascinating video, definitely took a more philosophical approach than I expected
Majima Cookie
2025-06-18 19:15:33 +0000 UTCGood point. You'd need some pretty narrow tolerances on some parts so that you can maintain steam pressure. It could be that that's a similar skill/technology to making a precisely detailed die for a printing press.
Premodernist
2025-05-08 22:08:27 +0000 UTCJust a quick question (maybe I understood wrong). If you think that Romans are not able to produce precise machinery tools for printing press, they surely cannot produce a steam engine. Or am I wrong in my assumption that steam engine requires precise machinery parts (I would say say even more complex than printing press)?
Berk Aydın
2025-05-08 09:02:54 +0000 UTCI am not, at least not consciously. Do you mean when magic or claims of the supernatural come up?
Premodernist
2025-03-31 23:57:45 +0000 UTCAre you consciously using a physicalist, scientistic paradigm of truth in these discussions? I'd love to see a video (even if it's a mini one) where you discuss your own approach to epistemology in history
Eric Dovigi
2025-03-31 00:55:57 +0000 UTC
