Timeline for Why would a more technologically advanced society continue to build many buildings out of stone rather than glass and metal?
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| May 21, 2022 at 2:13 | answer | added | WhatRoughBeast | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 20, 2022 at 21:19 | answer | added | Mike Serfas | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 24, 2022 at 19:43 | answer | added | Shalvenay | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 4, 2022 at 12:38 | answer | added | Sarfaraaz | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 3, 2022 at 23:48 | answer | added | TCooper | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 3, 2022 at 21:45 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Where is your own research? Failing that, glass and metal might be better in many ways and do you not think style or logistics matter? | |
| Jan 3, 2022 at 20:12 | answer | added | rtaft | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 3, 2022 at 19:37 | comment | added | user_1818839 | See also worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39997/… | |
| Jan 3, 2022 at 5:48 | answer | added | Cem Kalyoncu | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 3, 2022 at 4:17 | comment | added | Maja Piechotka | Arguably we still build most of our buildings from stone (grinded and mixed with other things but still), clay (baked), wood and other materials used since generations ago. Glass it mostly used for windows and steel is used for supports but most buildings still use 'traditional' materials more than steel and glass. | |
| Jan 3, 2022 at 1:15 | answer | added | Alexander The 1st | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 2, 2022 at 15:21 | comment | added | DetlevCM | There could also be a practically angle: steel and glass buildings are miserable to be in (hot in summer, cold in winter). Just because something is "fancy and new", it isn't necessarily better. Stone walls offer decent insulation (which can be improved), can be used to hang shelves, etc. etc. | |
| Jan 2, 2022 at 1:51 | answer | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 2, 2022 at 0:25 | vote | accept | Galactic | ||
| Jan 1, 2022 at 23:03 | comment | added | user8827 | When playing with this sort of idea don't forget to evaluate the effects of different sensibilities and cultural norms. Those massive edifices need metal to support them, but to persons expecting to live a thousand years, suddenly building things out of steel in an oxygen bearing atmosphere might seem like hubris. | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 20:07 | answer | added | fraxinus | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 19:50 | comment | added | RBarryYoung | The only reason to use glass is that it is transparent to th same wavelengths of light that are visible to use. If your modern civilization are aliens who do not see the same wavelengths as us, they probably wouldn't use it. | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 14:22 | answer | added | DWKraus | timeline score: 18 | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 13:45 | answer | added | Nepene Nep | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Jan 1, 2022 at 12:46 | answer | added | Amadeus | timeline score: 38 | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 9:46 | answer | added | user93359 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 6:30 | answer | added | Keith Morrison | timeline score: 37 | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 6:06 | answer | added | Monty Wild♦ | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 5:50 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 5:44 | answer | added | Henry Taylor | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 1, 2022 at 5:37 | history | asked | Galactic | CC BY-SA 4.0 |