Simplicity. Simplicity prevails majority of the time. Simplicity and alignment with vs fight against.
You discount "the old" perhaps with the misguided assumption that we know better because we live now and not then. As if civilizations have not risen and fallen countless times, and as if humanity has not been forced to re-learn the forgotten lessons again and again.
Simplicity is the hardest to accomplish, because it requires thorough understanding, patience, and perspective -- something 90% of us don't have.
I will leave you with a modern example: a four-way traffic-light-controlled intersection vs a roundabout. The former leverages modern technology (maybe even ML with data from a larger traffic network!), and yet it is less safe and most of the time generates more traffic backup than the latter. The latter has no external dependencies, and instead shapes the space in such a way as to make dangerous collisions impossible.
If anything is a religion, it's the blind belief that "newer is better"
I discount this because it doesn't make sense in high population density cities. The age simply ads a mysticism that makes it attractive to weak minds.
And to your roundabout Vs traffic lights the space/geometry of the area available is often the difference in choosing which to build
You discount "the old" perhaps with the misguided assumption that we know better because we live now and not then. As if civilizations have not risen and fallen countless times, and as if humanity has not been forced to re-learn the forgotten lessons again and again.
Simplicity is the hardest to accomplish, because it requires thorough understanding, patience, and perspective -- something 90% of us don't have.
I will leave you with a modern example: a four-way traffic-light-controlled intersection vs a roundabout. The former leverages modern technology (maybe even ML with data from a larger traffic network!), and yet it is less safe and most of the time generates more traffic backup than the latter. The latter has no external dependencies, and instead shapes the space in such a way as to make dangerous collisions impossible.
If anything is a religion, it's the blind belief that "newer is better"