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15 Apr 2026 Conversations with Tyler Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent
“I think that’s another thing that would surprise us most about this world is the idea of going off to work is entirely probably a 19th-century idea.”
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- 15 Apr 2026
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…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. That’s what they’re built for. They’re built for business. I think that’s another thing that would surprise us most about this world is the idea of going off to work is entirely probably a 19th-century idea. Prior to that, for all of human history, work was in the space of the home. The Roman house, particularly the Roman elite house, is a machine for the production of social status. That status meant a space to do deals, to meet your clients, to show off things that we would never dream of showing off—members of our family, the most intimate aspects of our daily lives—all of that is literally built into the fabric of a Roman house. You just walk to your boss’s house. There’s no GPS. Are there even addresses?…
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