Taj Mahal
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Taj Mahal is a recurring place in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between October 04, 2021 and July 01, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “or the Taj Mahal, relatively cheaply and easily”; “Indian people getting angry about the Taj Mahal”. It most often appears alongside Twitter, UK, Wikipedia.
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- Category: Places
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: October 04, 2021
- Last seen: July 01, 2022
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
I want this one to be true, because it exonerates our civilization. If we could make things like the Art Nouveau furniture above, or the Taj Mahal, relatively cheaply and easily, then the question of why we aren’t doing that demands an answer. If it’s just a quirk of basic economics, then our civilization is fine, and maybe we can hope that stoneworking technology advances to the point where we can do this kind of thing again cheaply.
I'm sure there are other examples as well, but these were the first two that came to mind. Both are very very impressive IRL! In particular, the pietra dura work on the Sheikh Zayed mosque is very similar in both style and quality to that of the Taj Mahal.
41: Indian people getting angry about the Taj Mahal. I cannot claim to completely understand this discussion, but I feel like I have broadened my horizons in some important way.
Inline links: Indian people getting angry about the Taj Mahal