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15 Apr 2026 Conversations with Tyler Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent
“We would see that decoration as somehow being special and fenced off because that’s the way we manage decoration in our own spaces, but not in that world. Because everything is encrusted with some sort of decoration, everything is used in ways that I think would really surprise us, too.”
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- 15 Apr 2026
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…The kitschy spaces, how were they treated? Say there were mosaic floors, is it like, “Oh, no, you can’t walk on this, it’s beautiful,” or people, the dogs would just trample on it, or how was it? Yes. I think that’s another thing that might surprise us. We would see that decoration as somehow being special and fenced off because that’s the way we manage decoration in our own spaces, but not in that world. Because everything is encrusted with some sort of decoration, everything is used in ways that I think would really surprise us, too. Reminds me of my house, in fact. Now, could you do business in these homes? You’d have a few people come by, there’d be a room.…
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