Incredible find in the Amazon - a network of roads and cities that would have housed a civilization at least as large as the Mayans. ~6000 mounds, population in the 10,000s or potentially 100,000s, all around the same time period as the Romans.

  • TrashGoblin [he/him, they/them]
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    6 months ago

    The civilization likely flourished thanks to what Rostain describes as “a conjunction of good vibes” for a farming society.

    Vibes-based urbanism.

  • voight [he/him, any]
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    6 months ago

    I think we should take a lesson from civilizations that tried to create 15 minutes cities like this, only to subsrquently vanish. Let's not make the same mistake