Ancient temples were built to reflect the order and measure of the cosmos and unite the starry heavens with human life on Earth

Cathedrals were built for their special acoustics and resonance in church choral music

And skyscrapers are built, why?

gdp

Correct

efficient use of space

Gratify human achievement as well

Most efficient use of space

land is expensive

Most utility

so

People feel powerful when they work at the top level of a skyscraper

when u buy land, u kinda buy all the air space above it

Most money squeezed out of the people who work there

but most of that u cant use unless u build a jewscraper

Skyscrapers do bestow feelings of power onto their users esp Art Deco

Yes

Grandeur

Yup

CEO usually sits on higher floors

above all the other pesky plebs

Ceo sits at the top level

Skyscrapers are the modern version of "temple architecture"

Instead of high priests we have the CEO and the chairman

I do think skyscrapers are good for that reason

Human society stays fundamentally the same

the CEO and the Chairman actually produce though goy

Just the outer form changes

produces material

It’s a symbol of continuity and constancy and human achievement that’s important

the priest produces mental comfort

Depends on the time and the society

we have replaced most of that with consoooooooooooooom

Also, most people who work in skyscrapers don't really produce anything

consoom the mental troubles away

I don’t think it’s incisive or original to say consumption has replaced religion

Unless you count moving money around and printing reports "production"

It competes for our attention

well

its winning pretty heavily

It’s clutter