Great Books Ep 35. The Odyssey Book 7. Grand buildings of the past - Human Slaves. Grander buildings of the future - Robot Slaves?

Human imagination has always been grand, but there was the limitation of what the body could do. With intelligent robots, the scale of grandeur could possibly be much higher.

He pondered much as he paused a while before reaching the threshold of bronze, for the splendour of the palace was like that of the sun or moon. The walls on either side were of bronze from end to end, and the cornice was of blue enamel. The doors were gold, and hung on pillars of silver that rose from a floor of bronze ..

~ The Odyssey - Book VII (Samue…