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China's ancient water pipe networks show no evidence of a centralized authority (phys.org)
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[–] Elon_Moschus@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

David Graeber likes this.

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really enjoyed his book, "Debt".

[–] Elon_Moschus@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me too, have you read „The Dawn of Everything“? Would recommend!

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you, it looks great. I'll pick it up sometime

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I thought they were using old pipes now, with critics noting how bad it is despite the centralized government. Not that the article is about puppies from 4000 years ago.