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On Mon, 29 May 2000, Vincent Campbell wrote:
>Yes, I saw this programme as well,
Thought you might have. :-)
>and it does look remarkably interesting
>(in part because it seems to be the kind of exercise that Chuck says he
>does, although I don't see a sociobiologist sitting around the table, so I
>guess ultimate truth won't be achieved :-) !)
:-)
<snip>
>Very interesting point about Japan's rejection of the wheel, which suggests
>that technologies' utility can be culturally specific.
That was put down to the cheapness of labour there. They said that human
labour was better, if cheap enough, which I'd have appreciated some
expansion on. I suppose it's probably just a matter of people being able
to negociate tracks that wheeled vehicles can't, and such, though.
<snip>
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