[HN Gopher] The low-tech brilliance of Iranian design
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       The low-tech brilliance of Iranian design
        
       Author : greenie_beans
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2026-03-15 18:31 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (thelastfarm.substack.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (thelastfarm.substack.com)
        
       | wetpaws wrote:
       | Vile imperialist war, lmao.
        
         | crikeykangaroo wrote:
         | It's the truth.
        
       | edmundsauto wrote:
       | These designs are so neat, I wish modern society would embrace
       | the wisdom in them. Not applicable everywhere, but the modern
       | desire to conquer the landscape instead of working with it seems
       | like a core hubris that our modernity has imposed on our everyday
       | life design.
        
       | Const-me wrote:
       | Based on the title, I expected the article to be about this:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136
        
       | djoldman wrote:
       | About the qanats: Unfortunately there has been a lot of short
       | sighted planning with respect to water resources:
       | https://e360.yale.edu/features/iran-water-drought-dams-qanat...
        
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