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The bronze age collapse? The end of Rome?

I thought the cause of the bronze age collapse wasn't known (it wasn't a single civilization either), and the end of Rome, whichever "end" you ascribe to isn't caused by failure to manage or adapt to new technology. they weren't out-teched by anyone, or forgot how to do some technical work.

look at the roman roads and compare them to the contemporary ones. Those ancient roads are superior in some aspects (unbreaking, not filling with water etc), and still people try to find out how were they made.

Having that said, I agree with you: the forgetting of the technology was not a direct reason of the fall, it was a feature though...

I'm from Poland, and I have comparison with my colleagues from east. They can fix things we've already forgot how to fix in Poland. My friend fixed a broken Sony TV with a microscope and a soldering gun. I'd pay just 1000$ for the new TV, as he got advised in the official repair store, but since he was Russian, he fixed it by himself.

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