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Now we can keep X% of the knowledge of humanity on a portable device. That should help.
by jononor 8y ago
Now we can keep X% of the knowledge of humanity on a portable device. That should help.
- brianwawok 8y agoUnless that device breaks? What hardware that we have today will still work in 100 years? Books you can make it happen. Phones are broke within 10. Desktops within 20.
- kitsunesoba 8y agoWe’re perfectly capable of building electronics that can run for many tens of years without issue… it’s just that such things don’t get built because that’s not profitable for manufacturers. If an organization like NASA puts in an order for computers or handheld devices specifically designed to not break for long stretches of time, it wouldn’t be a problem to fulfill said order.
- samstave 8y agoThis is why I have such little respect for billionaires who leave no long-lasting meaningful impact at all. Gates/Musk may be the only ones who appear to desire to have a many-generational-positive impact on Humanity. Every one else are just egos. Unless I am not aware of some of the greater things that ilk is doing?
- rapind 8y agoBezos wants to turn space technologies into commodities with the hope it will transform (create) the industry.
- adlpz 8y agoWhat are _you_ doing to leave a long-lasting meaningful impact? Billionaires are people too, just with more money. Having money doesn't make you "just ego".
- marnett 8y agoYou mention billionaires and then list off new money entrepreneurs. Don’t conflate the two. There are jobless people born into billion dollar family dynasties that do absolutely nothing for humanity. They hide and live out their lives entirely for them.
- darkerside 8y agoThe technology is not the phone. The phone is essentially the dumb terminal.
- mhh__ 8y agoASCII on Punched tape, easy. Standard format, readable at whatever rate you like
- anticensor 8y agoUTF-8 on vinyl record, with square dot pitch, readable as fast as possible.
- telesilla 8y agoWe can send a new one over long-distance internet (to travel alongside the ship, if it's going light-speed).
- mcculley 8y agoWhat percentage of humanity's knowledge is available to be put on a portable device? A lot is behind paywalls or other copyright encumbrance.
- blhack 8y agoA lot of human knowledge cannot be written down and has to be passed on person to person. There isn't enough bandwidth in a book to actually convey a lot of it. Machining is one instance of this. You basically have to have somebody show you how to do some of it. Same thing with forging. (At least in my experience)
- JasonSage 8y agoThe examples you cited can be written down and they don't have to be taught in person. You could instruct somebody to do these without being present in person. I'm sure there are reasons that's not the way it's taught primarily, but you've not convinced me it's fundamentally impossible.
- vibrolax 8y agoThe difference between the most detailed written instructions and apprenticeship / personal instruction is instant expert feedback. Skills transfer can happen much faster when the loop is closed.
- tintor 8y agoNot necessarily needs to be written down. Video is also possible.
- DylanDmitri 8y agoGood thing we'll have AR tutorials!
- imtringued 8y agoYou don't need a complex example. Your first language is something that can only be taught by people who are alive. Even if there is a comprehensive textbook that teaches all languages you still have to learn your first language to read the book.