What Did the Romans Think the Future Would Be Like?
549K views · Oct 14, 2022 · Education
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@something7239 · 3 years ago
Romans: The future looks bad.<br>Modern: The future looks bad, but with technology.
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@sophrapsune · 3 years ago
It is striking that the ancients were wise enough to regard progress and decay in terms of the virtues, and did not suffer from the modern presumption that technical advances necessarily made for a better world.
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@archieames1968 · 3 years ago
Modern technology focused futurism is a relatively new concept because up until around the industrial revolution technology didn't really change as drastically and quickly as it does now.
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@p0xus · 3 years ago
Its interesting to think of the impacts the Bronze Age Collapse had on these beliefs.
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@TetsuShima · 3 years ago (edited)
Seneca before meeting Nero: "If there is one thing I can guarantee after a lifetime of study, it is that the world has a bright future ahead of it..."<br>Seneca after meeting Nero: "F*ck this sh*t" <b>Proceeds to cut his wrists</b>
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@TheGahta · 3 years ago
Somehow the idea of a cyberpunk rome setting feels interesting and fresh 😆
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@Fulcum · 3 years ago
I love how you are able to bring us back to what they thought at that time just shows how different technology can make humans think
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@DanMcLeodNeptuneUK · 3 years ago (edited)
This is absolutely fascinating, the Greeks essentially saw themselves as a post apocalyptic civilization (in the sense of lost glory and knowledge) and theirs would be the last.
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@perfectionbox · 3 years ago
"Someday, nearly everyone will have a bath in their home."<br>"Oh Flavius, stop joking, baths are only for us wealthy people ha ha ha"
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@perceivedvelocity9914 · 3 years ago
I'm subscribed to both channels. I didn't expect this collaboration but I'm glad that it happened.
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@tobygoodguy4032 · 3 years ago
And here I thought that you were going to tell us that the Romans were contemplating an all-empire dual lane inter-province chariot-ways complete with overpasses and ramps. 🤠
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@michaelgraalum381 · 3 years ago
In antiquity the largest inhibitor of prosperity was war and politics rather than technology
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