• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
      81·
      2 months ago

      I mention farming below. Plumbing, well depends on population. We can shit in the field like we did for millennia. It’s just fertilizer.

      • superkret@feddit.org
        211·
        2 months ago

        Also a Cholera breeding ground. Which is why for centuries more people died in cities than were born, despite having no access to contraception.

        • ulterno@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
          10·
          2 months ago

          That’s where the science and technology comes in.

          Also, isn’t plumbing a technology? Or does it have to be in the Civ VI Technology tree to be recognised as one? I know Agriculture and Animal Husbandry is

        • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 months ago

          Depends on population level. Don’t need plumbing until towns get to the size that outhouses don’t work. Just need soap to wash our hands.