Why did past societies build so much "useless" beauty everywhere — and why did we stop?
It might be a measure of a culture's health... (thread) 🧵 https://t.co/nAGC31zyzl
updated 3mo ago
updated 3mo ago
Brian Wiesner added
It’s important to note that life wasn’t always like that!
To the contrary, we only very recently – in a tiny, tiny, recent part of humanity’s history – began to choose the more productive, the more efficient way of doing something over the more meaningful, dignifying, sacred, loving, or enjoyable one.
Need some evidence?! Well, simply look at old fur
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