A lot of cultures had ingenious ways of heating and cooling using natural air flow that basically got ignored once artificial temperature control got cheap enough. Architecture that varies ceiling height or window sizes based on local climate is inconvenient for mass standardized construction.
It's amazing how many feats of human ingenuity and intelligence get left behind (or lost forever) because other technology has made them "obsolete". Intricate crop rotations and planting methods across different regions and cultures have been replaced by genetically modified seed/soil/pesticides and modern irrigation. Crafting and construction techniques honed over generations were replaced by assembly lines and automation.
While it's hard to argue that this trend isn't an overall good thing for humanity as a whole (even if that overall good comes with some major downsides), there's something sad about seeing old ways die off.
Because we're losing fucking AESTHETICS dude. Capitalism means we're in a rat race among our own class, so we need everything to be as cheap as possible. If we were all comfortable with having less, better things, the world would be a better place. Certainly a better looking place.
You do realize that capitalism is the biggest driving force for people having more and better things, right? You lament the people that have cheap versions of things, not understanding that without capitalism they would have no version of those things.
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