CMN 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Classical Mechanics, Technological Change, Stone Tool
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Dominated most of cambodia"s land and even parts of vietnam and thailand (3x. Khmer empire (+/-800-1400 a. d. ) bigger than cambodia"s land today) surplus (460 square miles) Due to the secret of barays and the arising. Barays = water management system stretching across over 1200 square km. Standardized solution = helped them water rice fields. Before that, everyone was involved in agricultural farming, but b/c they had barays, they had a lot of time in their hands to liberate their resources such as architects (building), soldier, priests/educators. Done by automating some of our processes! Improving basic health = ceramic stoves, refrigeration, rainwater harvesting. Boosting agriculture/economy = irrigation systems, storage bins, fertilizers, Investing in education = lab material, computers and software apps, etc. General purpose technologies = electricty, motorization, ict, etc. Question: the khmer"s barays were standardized solutions to the typical need of watering rice fields. Point: deriving from physical, survival need (like food) and embedding it into physical structures.
