^^ Something to think about the next time you're struggling with management issues at work. ... of course, the Inca had techniques that probably aren't available to you, e.g.:pic.twitter.com/V4bDa04KYY
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Mind-blowing: The Inca governed an empire spanning 2500 miles and encompassing 10 million subjects, a feat they managed *without the wheel* and *without a formal writing system*
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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My initial reaction is that there is likely a significant difference in what they thought of as governing (receiving various forms of tribute) and what we think of governing today (follow our laws + maybe net tribute).
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haha yeah lots of differences. i think net tribute is still a requirement today, no? governments still have to make ends meet / extract surplus, or they go the way of the soviet union (i may not be thinking of this in the best way, but that's my current lens)
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perhaps not that they _couldn’t_ come up with it, but that it wasn’t useful given their terrain (mountainous) and lack of draft animals. apparently it appeared in at least one toy from the period
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because we read it on the internet somewherehttps://www.aracari.com/blog/stories/inca-wheel/ …
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Easy to keep people in line when you cut 1000 hearts out in an afternoon and play basket ball with a severed head. Lol
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That's the aztecs. The incas didn't carve out hearts, they left children on mountain tops to die of cold.
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Didn’t they use knotted string as for their accounts? Take that Excel!
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