Collapsing bridges, crumblingconcrete

The episode of the collapse of the bridge in Genoa has a deeper meaning than the rapacity of Italian capitalists and poor state of infrastucture in Italy. There was a time when there was an aesthetic of concrete ("béton brut") whihc represented progress and the beauty of modernity. And now we realize that reinforced concrete after only a few decades is crumbling, and that our civilistationsrisks to leave nothing of its architectonical endeavours in striking contrast with the eternity of the pyramids and the Roman aqueducts. It is a sad morale that the objects of the mdoernsit revolution are crumpling and perishable. It seems nonetheless that if concrete is added with some types of organic material it becomes super strong - maybe ecology is treally the answer to the crise of modernity.