From: SolomonW@citi.com   
      
   On Sat, 1 Dec 2018 11:07:38 -0800 (PST), Oh so rich & successful JTEM   
   wrote:   
      
   >  SolomonW wrote:   
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   >> Indeed, many of the others are silly too. We could make better steel,   
   >> concrete, water irrigation systems, etc if we wanted to. These are economic   
   >> issues not technical   
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   > Labor wasn't so much an issue in ancient times.   
   > And there was little or no concern for the well   
   > being of the workers. OSHA wasn't going to come   
   > after you...   
      
   Another big issue is that labor was cheap.   
      
      
   The other issue is that lending cost of capital was very high.   
      
      
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   > Time wasn't as big of an issue. Things took longer.   
   > Even when I was a kid I remember going to school   
   > with someone from "The Old World," talking about how   
   > it took five years to build a house over there. And   
   > that was when I was a kid, not 2,000 years ago.   
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   Interesting, the Europeans can build fast there is something else   
   happening.   
      
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   > http://jtem.tumblr.com/post/180669637243   
      
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