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Continue to ChatIt seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it will see in them a redemptively sobering reminder of the fragility of its own achievements. Ruins pose a direct challenge to our concern with power and rank, with bustle and fame. They puncture the inflated folly of our exhaustive and frenetic pursuit of wealth. - Alain de Botton from https://whatsmyquote.com/quote/it-seems-in-fact-that-the-more-advanced-a-society-is-the-greater-will-be-its-interest-in-ruined-things-for-it